Qatranilestes

Qatranilestes
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Qatranilestes oligocaenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Tenrecoidea
Genus: †Qatranilestes
Erik R. Seiffert, 2010
Species
  • Q. oligocaenus Erik R. Seiffert, 2010 (type)

Qatranilestes is an extinct genus of afrosoricid which existed in Fayum, Egypt during the earliest Oligocene period (Rupelian age).[1] It was first named by Erik R. Seiffert in 2010 and the type species is Qatranilestes oligocaenus.[1] As of 2010, Qatranilestes was the youngest known afrosoricid fossil from Egypt.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Erik R. Seiffert (2010). "The oldest and youngest records of Afrosoricida (Placentalia, Afrotheria) from the Fayum Depression of northern Egypt" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 55 (4): 599–616. doi:10.4202/app.2010.0023.


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