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| Qatranimys Temporal range: Priabonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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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 | |
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.
References
- 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. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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