†Ursolestes Fox et al. 2015 (primate)
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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
Type: Ursolestes perpetior
Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Simpson Quarry (Paleocene of Montana)
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