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Purgatoriidae

Mammalia - Primates - Purgatoriidae

Taxonomy
Purgatoriidae was named by Gunnell (1989). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Paromomyoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Plesiadapiformes by Gunnell (1989), Fox and Scott (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Purgatoriidae Gunnell p. 11
1997Purgatoriidae McKenna and Bell
2011Purgatoriidae Fox and Scott

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderPlesiadapiformesSimons and Tattersall 1972
familyPurgatoriidae
familyPurgatoriidae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Purgatoriidae Gunnell 1989
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G. †Purgatorius Van Valen and Sloan 1965
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†Purgatorius coracis Fox and Scott 2011
†Purgatorius janisae Van Valen 1994
†Purgatorius mckeeveri Wilson Mantilla et al. 2021
†Purgatorius pinecreeensis Scott et al. 2016
†Purgatorius titusi Buckley 1997
†Purgatorius unio Van Valen and Sloan 1965
Invalid names: Purgatorius ceratops Van Valen and Sloan 1965 [nomen dubium]
G. †Ursolestes Fox et al. 2015
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†Ursolestes perpetior Fox et al. 2015
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealsubo
Diet: insectivoresubo
Diet 2: omnivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubo
Created: 2005-08-24 13:53:28
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:53:28
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Pu1 to the top of the Danian or 66.00000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pu166.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Purgatorius janisae, Purgatorius mckeeveri (14762)
Pu366.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Purgatorius mckeeveri (218647) Purgatorius mckeeveri, Purgatorius unio (14738)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Purgatorius ceratops (14741) Purgatorius coracis (193844) Purgatorius unio (14766) Ursolestes perpetior, Purgatorius sp. (14809)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Purgatorius sp. (14768)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Purgatorius pinecreeensis (14764)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Montana) Purgatorius sp. (15048)