Mammalia - Primates - Purgatoriidae
Full reference: G. P. Wilson Mantilla, S. G. B. Chester, W. A. Clemens, J. R. Moore, C. J. Sprain, B. T. Hovatter, W. S. Mitchell, W. W. Mans, R. Mundil and P. R. Renne. 2021. Earliest Palaeocene purgatoriids and the initial radiation of stem primates. Royal Society Open Science 8:210050:1-10
Belongs to Purgatorius according to G. P. Wilson Mantilla et al. 2021
Sister taxa: Purgatorius ceratops, Purgatorius coracis, Purgatorius janisae, Purgatorius pinecreeensis, Purgatorius titusi, Purgatorius unio
Type specimen: UCMP 157977, a mandible. 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 (3: Montana collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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