Purgatorius unio Van Valen and Sloan 1965 (primate)

Mammalia - Primates - Purgatoriidae

Full reference: L. M. Van Valen and R. E. Sloan. 1965. The earliest primates. Science 150(3697):743-745

Belongs to Purgatorius according to L. M. Van Valen and R. E. Sloan 1965

See also Clemens 1974 and Scott et al. 2016

Sister taxa: Purgatorius ceratops, Purgatorius coracis, Purgatorius janisae, Purgatorius mckeeveri, Purgatorius pinecreeensis, Purgatorius titusi

Type specimen: U.M. No. V.P.1597, a tooth (right [upper] M?2). Its type locality is Purgatory Hill, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Tullock Formation of Montana.

Ecology: arboreal insectivore-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Purgatory Hill

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