Purgatoriidae
Sign in to savePurgatoriidae is a basal plesiadapiform family that includes Purgatorius and Ursolestes. Purgatoriids are thought to represent the earliest members of the Plesiadapiformes – as well as primates.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Purgatoriidae is referenced by 57 other articles, and connects out to Dermoptera, Euarchontoglires and Plesiadapiformes.
It sits within the topics Paleocene mammals, Prehistoric mammal families and Purgatoriidae.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 781
- Family
- Purgatoriidae
- Collections
- UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Plesiadapiformes
- Image
- Purgatorius PNAS.jpg
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- taxon name
- Purgatoriidae
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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 – as well as primates.
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Purgatoriidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.