Dilambdogale

Dilambdogale
Dilambdogale
Temporal range: 37.2 Ma
↓
Late Eocene
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

  1. ^ a b c Erik R. Seiffert (2010). "The oldest and youngest records of Afrosoricida (Placentalia, Afrotheria) from the Fayum Depression of northern Egypt". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (4): 599–616. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0023. http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app55/app20100023.pdf. 
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