Zalambdalestidae
Sign in to saveZalambdalestidae is a clade of Asian eutherians occurring during the Cretaceous. Once classified as Glires, features like epipubic bones and various cranial elements have identified these animals as outside of Placentalia, representing thus a specialised clade of non-placental eutherians without any living descendants, and potentially rather different from modern placentals in at least reproductive anatomy.
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- Theriiformes
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- Zalambdalestes lechei.jpg
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- taxon name
- Zalambdalestidae
- time period
- Cretaceous
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Zalambdalestidae is a clade of Asian eutherians occurring during the Cretaceous. Once classified as Glires, features like epipubic bones and various cranial elements have identified these animals as outside of Placentalia, representing thus a specialised clade of non-placental eutherians without any living descendants, and potentially rather different from modern placentals in at least reproductive anatomy.
==Taxonomy== The exact position of Zalambdalestidae within Eutheria varies, though they are generally agreed to be more basal than zhelestids. Currently, the clade includes the genera Alymlestes, Anchilestes, Barunlestes, Kulbeckia, Prozalambdalestes, Zalambdalestes, Zhangolestes and Zofialestes.
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