Qatranilestes
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| Qatranilestes Temporal range: Early Oligocene | |
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| Qatranilestes oligocaenus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Tenrecoidea |
| Genus: | †Qatranilestes Erik R. Seiffert, 2010 |
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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]
