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Palaeotupaia sivalicus

Mammalia - Insectivora - 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
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
orderInsectivoraBowdich 1821
suborderMenotyphla(Haeckel)
familyTupaiidaeGray 1825
subfamilyTupaiinaeGray 1825
genusPalaeotupaia
speciessivalicus

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†Palaeotupaia sivalicus Chopra and Vasishat 1979
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Diagnosis
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