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Zalambdalestes lechei

Taxonomy
Zalambdalestes lechei was named by Gregory and Simpson (1926). Its type specimen is AMNH 21708, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shabarakh Usu (AMNH loc. 12049) (=Bayn Dzak), which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Zalambdalestes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Zalambdalestes lechei Gregory and Simpson pp. 14-15 figs. 13-18
1928Zalambdalestes lechei Simpson p. 2
1979Zalambdalestes lechei Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Zalambdalestes lechei Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 502-503
2004Zalambdalestes lechei Wible et al.

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