Mammalia - Primates - Purgatoriidae
Full reference: L. M. Van Valen. 1994. The origin of the plesiadapid primates and the nature of Purgatorius. Evolutionary Monographs 15:1-79
Belongs to Purgatorius according to L. M. Van Valen 1994
See also Scott et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Purgatorius ceratops, Purgatorius coracis, Purgatorius mckeeveri, Purgatorius pinecreeensis, Purgatorius titusi, Purgatorius unio
Type specimen: Its type locality is Garbani Channel-NW Harley’s High’ (UCMP V73080), which is in a Pu3 terrestrial sandstone in the Fort Union Formation of Montana
Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (2: Montana collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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