Palaeotupaia sivalicus Chopra and Vasishat 1979 (tree shrew)

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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