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]

Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Genus:Dilambdogale
Erik R. Seiffert, 2010
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Dilambdogale
Temporal range: 37.2 Ma
Late Eocene
Molars and lower jaw fragment
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Afrosoricida
Genus: Dilambdogale
Erik R. Seiffert, 2010
Species
  • D. gheerbranti Erik R. Seiffert, 2010 (type)
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Cladogram based on Seiffert (2010):[1] 

Afrosoricida

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