Ursolestes perpetior 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

Belongs to Ursolestes according to R. C. Fox et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UMMP 100262, a tooth (Left M2). Its type locality is Simpson Quarry, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Bear Formation of Montana.

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Simpson Quarry

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