Qarunavus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Ptolemaiida

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Ordo: †Ptolemaiida

Familia: ?†Ptolemaiidae
Genus: †Qarunavus
Species: †Q. meyeri

Name

Qarunavus Simons & Gingerich, 1974

Type species: Qarunavus meyeri Simons & Gingerich, 1974, by original designation and by monotypy

Etymology: "Qarun (Arabic), name for Lake Moeris, and avus (Latin), ancestor"

References

Primary references

• Simons, E.L. & Gingerich, P.D. 1974. New carnivorous mammals from the Oligocene of Egypt. Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt 4: 157–166. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Simons, E.L. & Bown, T.M. 1995. Ptolemaiida, a new order of Mammalia—with description of the cranium of Ptolemaia grangeri. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 92(8): 3269–73. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.8.3269 ResearchGate Reference page.