Purgatorius

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Purgatorius is the genus of the three paleospecies believed to be the earliest example of a primate or a proto-primate. Remains were discovered in what is now Montana in deposits believed to be about 65 million years old. It is believed to have been about the size of a mouse.

Sources

  • France, Diane L. Lab Manual and Workbook for Physical Anthropology, 5th ed. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004.
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