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Bookmark or Share- 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.
- Purgatorius - WikipediaPurgatorius is a genus of seven extinct eutherian species typically believed to be the earliest example of a primate or protoprimate, a primatomorph precursor to the Plesiadapiformes, dating to as old as 66 million years ago.
- Purgatorius - Facts and Figures - ThoughtCoAn in-depth profile of Purgatorius, including this prehistoric primate's characteristics, behavior and habitat.
- 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 ...
- How mammals won the dinosaurs' world - BBCAmong the survivors was one of the earliest known primates, Purgatorius, which looked like a cross between a shrew and a tiny squirrel. Its numbers would surely have dwindled amid this global...
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