Zalambdalestidae

Zalambdalestes; Temporal range: Late Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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

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.^[1]^[2]

Taxonomy

The exact position of Zalambdalestidae within Eutheria varies, though they are generally agreed to be more basal than

zhelestids.^[3] Currently, the clade includes the genera Zalambdalestes, Alymlestes, Anchilestes, Barunlestes, Kulbeckia, Zhangolestes and Zofialestes

.