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Dilambdogale
Temporal range: 37.2  Ma
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
N
Late Eocene
Molars and lower jaw fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
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

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" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 599–616. doi: 10.4202/app.2010.0023.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dilambdogale
Temporal range: 37.2  Ma
O
S
D
C
P
T
J
K
N
Late Eocene
Molars and lower jaw fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
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

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" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 599–616. doi: 10.4202/app.2010.0023.



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