Obashtakaia aeruginis Gingerich et al. 1998 (placental)

Mammalia - Procreodi - Quettacyonidae

Full reference: P. D. Gingerich, M. Arif, I. Hussain and S. G. Abbas. 1998. First early Eocene land mammals from the Upper Ghazij Formation of the Sor Range, Balochistan. Siwaliks of South Asia

Belongs to Obashtakaia according to P. D. Gingerich et al. 1998

See also Thewissen et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSP-UM 4006, a tooth (r P4/). Its type locality is GH-5, which is in a Ypresian terrestrial horizon in the Ghazij Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at GH-5

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