Mellivora sivalensis

Mellivora sivalensis; Temporal range: Pleistocene, Template:FossilrangeTemplate:Period fossil range Template:Phanerozoic 250px Template:Geological range/marker Template:Geological range/marker
Scientific classification
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Species:	†M. sivalensis
Binomial name
	†Mellivora sivalensis; Falconer & Cautley, 1868
Synonyms
	Ursitaxus sivalensis

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Mellivora sivalensis is an extinct species of mustelid that lived in the Pliocene and is known from the Siwaliks of India and Pakistan.

It is a poorly known species, originally classified as Ursitaxus sivalensis. It was similar to the modern Indian ratel, but was larger and had proportionately larger premolars.^[3]^[4]

References

↑ Patnaik, R. (2013). "Indian Neogene Siwalik Mammalian Biostratigraphy: An Overview". Fossil Mammals of Asia: Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology. Columbia University Press. p. 439. ISBN 9780231520829.
↑ "Mellivora sivalensis". Biolib.
↑ Records of the Geological Survey of India: Volume 11. Government of India Press. 1878. p. 102.
↑ Annals & Magazine of Natural History. Taylor & Francis, Limited. 1884. p. 285.

[1] Patnaik, R. (2013). "Indian Neogene Siwalik Mammalian Biostratigraphy: An Overview". Fossil Mammals of Asia: Neogene Biostratigraphy and Chronology. Columbia University Press. p. 439. ISBN 9780231520829.

[2] "Mellivora sivalensis". Biolib.

[3] Records of the Geological Survey of India: Volume 11. Government of India Press. 1878. p. 102.

[4] Annals & Magazine of Natural History. Taylor & Francis, Limited. 1884. p. 285.

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