Qarunavus

Qarunavus is an extinct genus of mammals in the order Ptolemaiida. A single species, Qarunavus meyeri is known from the Lower Oligocene Jebel Qatrani Formation of modern-day Egypt. Described by Elwyn Simons & Philip Gingerich in 1974, the genus name is a combination of Qarun, the Arabic term for Lake Moeris, and -avus, Latin for "ancestor". The specific epithet honors Grant E. Mayer of the Yale Peabody Museum.[1]

Qarunavus
Temporal range: Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
† Ptolemaiida
Genus:
† Qarunavus

Type species
Qarunavus meyeri

References
  1. Simons, E. L.; Gingerich, P. D. (1974). "New carnivorous mammals from the Oligocene of Egypt" (PDF). Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt. 4: 157–166.


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