| Purgatoriidae Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Plesiadapiformes |
| Family: | †Purgatoriidae Gunnell, 1989 |
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Purgatoriidae is a basal plesiadapiform family that includes, Purgatorius and Ursolestes. Purgatoriids are thought to represent the earliest members of the Plesiadapiformes – as well as primates.[2][1]
- ^ a b "Purgatoriidae". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ Fox, Richard C.; Scott, Craig S.; Buckley, Gregory A. (2015). "A 'giant' purgatoriid (Plesiadapiformes) from the Paleocene of Montana, USA: mosaic evolution in the earliest primates". Palaeontology. 58 (2): 277–291. doi:10.1111/pala.12141. ISSN 1475-4983. S2CID 129115422.