Avashishta bacharamensis Anantharaman et al. 2006 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Haramyidae

Full reference: S. Anantharaman, G. P. Wilson, D. C. Das Sarma and W. A. Clemens. 2006. A possible Late Cretaceous "haramiyidan" from India. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 26(2):488-490

Belongs to Avashishta according to S. Anantharaman et al. 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: GSI/SR/PAL-B215, a tooth (a nearly complete right upper molariform). Its type locality is Infratrappean beds near Bacharam, which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Infratrappean Beds Formation of India.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Infratrappean beds near Bacharam

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