Dilambdogale

Dilambdogale; Temporal range: 37.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Eocene
	Molars and lower jaw fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Genus:	Dilambdogale; Erik R. Seiffert, 2010
Species
	D. gheerbranti Erik R. Seiffert, 2010 (type);

Dilambdogale is an extinct genus of afrosoricid which existed in Fayum, Egypt during the latest Eocene (earliest Priabonian age).^[1] 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.^[1]

Cladogram based on Seiffert (2010):^[1]

Afrosoricida

Todralestes

Afrodon

	Dilambdogale

	Widanelfarasia

Protenrec

Chrysochloroidea

	Amblysomus

	Chrysochloris

Tenrecoidea

Potamogale

Microgale

	Echinops

	Setifer

	Hemicentetes

	Tenrec

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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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[Seiffert2010-1] 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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