Qatranilestes

Qatranilestes Temporal range: 30 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Suborder:	Tenrecomorpha
Superfamily:	?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 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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