Qatranimys

Qatranimys; Temporal range: Priabonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	† Myophiomyidae
Genus:	† Qatranimys
Species:	†Q. safroutus
Binomial name
	†Qatranimys safroutus; Al-Ashqar et. al., 2021

Last updated October 04, 2025

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

↑ 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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[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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