Dilambdogale
Dilambdogale Temporal range: Late Eocene
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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.
Categories:
- Prehistoric eutherians
- Fossil taxa described in 2010
- Eocene mammals
- Eocene mammals of Africa
- Prehistoric placental genera
- Prehistoric afrotherian stubs