Dilambdogale

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: 37.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Eocene
Molars and lower jaw fragment
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Genus:	Dilambdogale Erik R. Seiffert, 2010
Species
D. gheerbranti Erik R. Seiffert, 2010 (type)

Cladogram based on Seiffert (2010):[1] 

Afrosoricida	Todralestes         Afrodon       Dilambdogale     Widanelfarasia           Protenrec     Chrysochloroidea   Amblysomus     Chrysochloris     Tenrecoidea   Potamogale       Microgale         Echinops     Setifer         Hemicentetes     Tenrec

References

1. 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.