Ursolestes Fox et al. 2015 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Purgatoriidae

Full reference: R. C. Fox, C. S. Scott, and G. A. Buckley. 2015. A ‘giant’ purgatoriid (Plesiadapiformes) from the Paleocene of Montana, USA: mosaic evolution in the earliest primates. Palaeontology 58(2):277-291

Parent taxon: Purgatoriidae according to R. C. Fox et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Purgatorius

Subtaxa: Ursolestes perpetior

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Type: Ursolestes perpetior

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Simpson Quarry (Paleocene of Montana)

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