Dilambdogale
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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]
| Dilambdogale Temporal range: Late Eocene | |
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| Molars and lower jaw fragment | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Afrosoricida |
| Genus: | †Dilambdogale Erik R. Seiffert, 2010 |
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Cladogram based on Seiffert (2010):[1]
| Afrosoricida |
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