Qarunavus

Qarunavus; Temporal range: Oligocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Ptolemaiida
Genus:	† Qarunavus; Simons & Gingerich, 1974
Type species
	Qarunavus meyeri; Simons & Gingerich, 1974

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]

^ 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.