Southernmost occurrence of Purgatorius sheds light on the biogeographic history and diversification of the earliest primate relatives Fossils of the earliest known euarchontan mammals, purgatoriid plesiadapiforms, first appear during the aftermath of the Cretaceous/Paleogene mass extinction. The oldest and most basally branching ...

Our study on the southernmost occurrence of Purgatorius was published today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology! Thanks to all the Brooklyn College undergraduates and DMNS interns who found these needles in a haystack of fossiliferous sediment!

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We had a great time at commencement at Lincoln Center last night! Congratulations to Dr. Jordan Crowell and to all our 2025 CUNY Graduate Center graduates!

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New paper is out! We used microCT to reanalyze the partial cranium of Plesiolestes nacimienti - the oldest plesiadapiform cranium currently known!
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