Dilambdogale

Dilambdogale Temporal range: 37.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ 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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