Purgatorius

Purgatorius
Scientific classification

Purgatorius is a genus of extinct mammal which may have been a primate or a primatomorph precursor to the Plesiadapiformes, dating to as old as 66 million years ago in the Maastrictian stage of the Late Cretaceous.

In popular culture

• Purgatorius appeared on a Stop Motion short film 64,000,000 Years Ago.
• Purgatorius appeared as a corpse killed by volcanic fumes along with the Nanotyrannus in the 6th episode of Walking with Dinosaurs.
• Purgatorius appeared at the end of When Dinosaurs Roamed America played by a live mammal.
• Purgatorius appeared in the documentary series Animal Armageddon.

Gallery

Purgatorius in When Dinosaurs Roamed America

A dead Purgatorius in Walking with Dinosaurs

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