| Dilambdogale Temporal range: 37.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Eocene | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Genus: | Dilambdogale Erik R. Seiffert, 2010 |
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Dilambdogale is an extinct genus of afrosoricid which existed in Fayum, Egypt during the latest Eocene (earliest Priabonian age). It was first named by Erik R. Seiffert in 2010 and the type species is Dilambdogale gheerbranti. Dilambdogale is the oldest known afrosoricid and its closest relative was Widanelfarasia.
Cladogram based on Seiffert (2010):
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References
- ^ Erik R. Seiffert (2010). "The oldest and youngest records of Afrosoricida (Placentalia, Afrotheria) from the Fayum Depression of northern Egypt" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 599–616. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0023.
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