Mammalia - Primates - Purgatoriidae
Full reference: L. M. Van Valen and R. E. Sloan. 1965. The earliest primates. Science 150(3697):743-745
Parent taxon: Purgatoriidae according to R. C. Fox and C. S. Scott 2011
See also Bloch et al. 2007, Clemens 1974, Gunnell 1989, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, McKenna and Bell 1997, Silcox et al. 2010, Szalay and Delson 1979, Van Valen and Sloan 1965, Wible et al. 2007 and Wilson Mantilla et al. 2021
Sister taxon: Ursolestes
Subtaxa: Purgatorius ceratops Purgatorius coracis Purgatorius janisae Purgatorius mckeeveri Purgatorius pinecreeensis Purgatorius titusi Purgatorius unio
Type: Purgatorius unio
Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (9: Montana)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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