Qatranimys
| Qatranimys Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Myophiomyidae |
| Genus: | †Qatranimys |
| Species: | †Q. safroutus
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| †Qatranimys safroutus Al-Ashqar et. al., 2021
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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
[edit]- ^ 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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