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Bookmark or Share- Primate ancestor of all humans likely roamed with the dinosaursThe five fossils in the new study belong to a genus called Purgatorius — named after fossils found on Purgatory Hill in Montana, which included those from members of the oldest and most primitive...
- Our earliest primate ancestors rapidly spread after dinosaur extinctionThe teeth and upper and lower jawbones, from a genus of mammals known as Purgatorius — the oldest genus in a group of now extinct early primates called plesiadapiforms — were collected over the past two decades from the Hell Creek region of northeastern Montana, south and east of Fort Peck Reservoir.
- Scientists describe earliest primate fossils | UW NewsA team of 10 researchers from across the U.S. analyzed several fossils of Purgatorius, the oldest genus in a group of the earliest-known primates called plesiadapiforms. These ancient mammals were small-bodied and ate specialized diets of insects and fruits that varied by species.
- Earliest Palaeocene purgatoriids and the initial radiation of stem ...Here, we report new dental fossils of Purgatorius from early Palaeocene (early Puercan) age deposits in northeastern Montana that represent the earliest dated occurrences of plesiadapiforms. We constrain the age of these earliest purgatoriids to magnetochron C29R and most likely to within 105–139 thousand years post-K/Pg boundary.
- Fossils hint earliest primates lived with dinosaurs - FuturityUniversity of Washington. Researchers have discovered the earliest-known fossil evidence of primates. The researchers analyzed several fossils of Purgatorius, the oldest genus in a group of the...
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