Dilambdogale
Dilambdogale Temporal range: 37.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Afrosoricida |
Genus: | Dilambdogale Erik R. Seiffert, 2010 |
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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]
Cladogram based on Seiffert (2010):[1]
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References
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- ^ 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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