Earliest Palaeocene purgatoriids and the initial radiation of stem primates

Earliest Palaeocene purgatoriids and the initial radiation of stem primates

Plesiadapiform mammals, as stem primates, are key to understanding the evolutionary and ecological origins of Pan-Primates and Euarchonta. The Purgatoriidae, as the geologically oldest and most primitive known plesiadapiforms and one of the oldest known placental groups, are also central to the evol...

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Main Authors: Gregory P. Wilson Mantilla, Stephen G. B. Chester, William A. Clemens, Jason R. Moore, Courtney J. Sprain, Brody T. Hovatter, William S. Mitchell, Wade W. Mans, Roland Mundil, Paul R. Renne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2021-02-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
Subjects:
primates
purgatoriidae
plesiadapiforms
cretaceous–palaeogene boundary
frugivory
Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.210050

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