Zalambdalestidae
| Zalambdalestes Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
| Zalambdalestes lechei skull and lower jaw, Museum of Evolution Warsaw. | |
| Life reconstruction of Zalambdalestes lechei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Clade: | Eutheria |
| Order: | incertae sedis |
| Family: | †Zalambdalestidae Gregory & Simpson, 1926 |
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.