Osteichthyes - Primates

PaleoDB taxon number: 40704

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

Parent taxon: Primates according to M. T. Silcox et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Berruvius, Ceciliolemur, Ceciliolemuridae, Ceciliolemuroidea, Cheiromyoidea, Euprimateformes, Megatarsius, Micromomyidae, Microsyopidae, Microtarsioides, Notharctidae, Omomyidae, Palaechthon, Paromomyidae, Pithecus, Plesiadapiformes, Plesitarsiiformes, Pliopithecus posthumus, Prosimiae, Prosimii, Rooneyia, Simia, Simia (Cercopithecus) sinicus pileatus, Simia apedia, Simiolemuriformes, Tupaioidea

Subtaxa: Purgatorius ceratops, Purgatorius coracis, Purgatorius janisae, Purgatorius titusi, Purgatorius unio

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Type: Purgatorius unio

Ecology: arboreal omnivore