Biology:Purgatoriidae
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Plesiadapiformes |
| Family: | †Purgatoriidae Gunnell, 1989 |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Purgatoriidae". https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40703&is_real_user=1.
- ↑ 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" (in en). Palaeontology 58 (2): 277–291. doi:10.1111/pala.12141. ISSN 1475-4983. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pala.12141.
Wikidata ☰ Q21231553 entry
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