†Palaeotupaia sivalicus 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
Belongs to Palaeotupaia according to S. R. K. Chopra and R. N. Vasishat 1979
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: PUA I-5, a partial skull. Its type locality is Haritalyangar Himichal Pradesh, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Dhokpathan Formation of India.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Haritalyangar Himichal Pradesh
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