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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]

Cladogram based on Seiffert (2010):[1]

Afrosoricida

Todralestes

Afrodon

Dilambdogale

Widanelfarasia

Protenrec

Chrysochloroidea

Amblysomus

Chrysochloris

Tenrecoidea

Potamogale

Microgale

Echinops

Setifer

Hemicentetes

Tenrec

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