Purgatoriidae

Purgatoriidae
Temporal range: Paleocene[1]
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Life restoration of Purgatorius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Plesiadapiformes
Family: Purgatoriidae
Gunnell, 1989
Genera
  • Purgatorius
  • Ursolestes

Purgatoriidae is a basal plesiadapiform family that includes, Purgatorius and Ursolestes. Purgatoriids are thought to represent the earliest members of the Plesiadapiformes and to be their ancestors – as well as primates.[2][1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Purgatoriidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  2. ^ Fox, Richard C.; Scott, Craig S.; Buckley, Gregory A. (2015). "A 'giant' purgatoriid (Plesiadapiformes) from the Paleocene of Montana, USA: mosaic evolution in the earliest primates". Palaeontology. 58 (2): 277–291. doi:10.1111/pala.12141. ISSN 1475-4983. S2CID 129115422.
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Purgatoriidae


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