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Qarmoutus hitanensis
Taxonomy
Qarmoutus hitanensis was named by El-Sayed et al. (2017) [ZooBank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4F9F163B-53C5-40A4-80FA84BC2B8DB0D7]. Its type specimen is MUVP 58, a partial skeleton (partial skull and some postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Hitan Catfish Site, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Birket Qarun Formation of Egypt. It is the type species of Qarmoutus.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2017 | Qarmoutus hitanensis El-Sayed et al. p. 6 figs. 2-17 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Qarmoutus hitanensis El-Sayed et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Egypt (Fayum) | Qarmoutus hitanensis (type locality: 190950) |