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This one was a local, something like the fossil Ornitholestes, and despite their similar size and body shape it was as closely related to Mr. Big Johnson as rat-headed Purgatorius was to Skinner and had an IQ slightly inferior to that of a chicken.
You Want Evopunk? I'll Give You Evopunk. Sean Craven 2009
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This one was a local, something like the fossil Ornitholestes, and despite their similar size and body shape it was as closely related to Mr. Big Johnson as rat-headed Purgatorius was to Skinner and had an IQ slightly inferior to that of a chicken.
Archive 2009-07-05 Sean Craven 2009
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Oligopithecus Afrotarsius 35 Catopithecus 40 EOCENE 45 Adapiformes Oldest known 50 anthropoids about PALEOCENE 55 60 40-30 million years ago After Colin Groves Purgatorius May have given rise to the primates, in Africa 60 million years ago (probably tree-dwelling and adapted to gliding between trees) Strepsirhines Haplorhines
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Family Purgatoriidae (Early Palaeocene, unique) e.g. Purgatorius
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