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| genus_authority = Erik R. Seiffert, 2010
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'''''Qatranilestes''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[afrosoricida|afrosoricid]] which existed in [[Fayum]], [[Egypt]] during the earliest [[Oligocene]] period ([[Rupelian]] age).<ref name="Seiffert2010">{{Cite journal|author=Erik R. Seiffert |year=2010 |title=The oldest and youngest records of Afrosoricida (Placentalia, Afrotheria) from the Fayum Depression of northern Egypt |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app55/app20100023.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=599–616 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0023}}</ref> It was first named by Erik R. Seiffert in [[2010 in paleontology|2010]] and the type species is ''Qatranilestes oligocaenus''.<ref name="Seiffert2010"/> As of 2010, ''Qatranilestes'' was the youngest known afrosoricid fossil.<ref name="Seiffert2010"/>
'''''Qatranilestes''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[afrosoricida|afrosoricid]] which existed in [[Fayum]], [[Egypt]] during the earliest [[Oligocene]] period ([[Rupelian]] age).<ref name="Seiffert2010">{{Cite journal|author=Erik R. Seiffert |year=2010 |title=The oldest and youngest records of Afrosoricida (Placentalia, Afrotheria) from the Fayum Depression of northern Egypt |url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app55/app20100023.pdf |journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=599–616 |doi=10.4202/app.2010.0023|doi-access=free }}</ref> It was first named by Erik R. Seiffert in [[2010 in paleontology|2010]] and the type species is ''Qatranilestes oligocaenus''.<ref name="Seiffert2010"/> As of 2010, ''Qatranilestes'' was the youngest known afrosoricid fossil from Egypt.<ref name="Seiffert2010"/>


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Qatranilestes
Temporal range: 30 Ma
Early Oligocene
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Qatranilestes

Erik R. Seiffert, 2010
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  • 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]

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  1. ^ a b c 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.