Dilambdogale
Temporal range: Late Eocene
Molars and lower jaw fragment
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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

  1. 1 2 3 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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