Qatranimys

Qatranimys
Temporal range: Priabonian
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: †Myophiomyidae
Genus: †Qatranimys
Species:
†Q. safroutus
Binomial name
†Qatranimys safroutus
Al-Ashqar et. al., 2021

Qatranimys is an extinct genus of phiocricetomyine rodent that inhabited Egypt during the Priabonian stage of the Eocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus containing the species Q. safroutus.[1]

References

  1. ^ Al-Ashqar, Shorouq F.; Seiffert, Erik R.; Vries, Dorien de; El-Sayed, Sanaa; Antar, Mohamed S.; Sallam, Hesham M. (19 October 2021). "New phiocricetomyine rodents (Hystricognathi) from the Jebel Qatrani Formation, Fayum Depression, Egypt". PeerJ. 9: e12074. doi:10.7717/peerj.12074. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 8533026. PMID 34721955.


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