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Palaeotupaia sivalicus

Osteichthyes - Scandentia - Tupaiidae

Taxonomy
Palaeotupaia sivalicus was named by Chopra and Vasishat (1979). Its type specimen is PUA I-5, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haritalyangar Himichal Pradesh, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Dhokpathan Formation of India. It is the type species of Palaeotupaia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Palaeotupaia sivalicus Chopra and Vasishat p. 214 figs. Figure 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
Euarchonta
Sundatheria
orderScandentiaWagner 1855
familyTupaiidaeGray 1825
subfamilyTupaiinaeGray 1825
genusPalaeotupaia
speciessivalicus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Palaeotupaia sivalicus Chopra and Vasishat 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:10
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:42:42
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Himachal Pradesh) Palaeotupaia sivalicus (type locality: 13452)