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A new species of Purgatorius (Mammalia; Primatomorpha) from the Lower Paleocene Bear Formation, Crazy Mountains Basin, south-central Montana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 May 2016

Gregory A. Buckley
Gregory A. Buckley*
Affiliation:
Department of Geology, Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois 60605
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Abstract

Purgatorius titusi, represented by 51 teeth and jaw fragments, is described from the lower Paleocene Bear Formation of the Crazy Mountains Basin in south-central Montana. Several synapomorphies, including a weak postprotocingulum and mesial inflection of molar trigonids, are indicative of the taxon's “plesiadapiform” affinities. Other features, such as wider stylar shelf and a less squared lingual outline on upper molars, are more primitive than those of Purgatorius unio, heretofore the earliest occurring species of well-represented primatomorphs.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 71 , Issue 1 , January 1997 , pp. 149 - 155
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