†Palaeotupaia Chopra and Vasishat 1979 (tree shrew)
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Mammalia - Insectivora - Tupaiidae
Full reference: S. R. K. Chopra and R. N. Vasishat. 1979. Sivalik fossil tree shrew from Haritalyangar, India. Nature 281:214-215
Parent taxon: Tupaiinae according to S. R. K. Chopra and R. N. Vasishat 1979
Sister taxa: Prodendrogale, Tupaia
Subtaxa: Palaeotupaia sivalicus
Type: Palaeotupaia sivalicus
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Haritalyangar Himichal Pradesh (Miocene of India)
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