Qatranilestes, Seiffert, 2010

Seiffert, Erik R., 2010, The oldest and youngest records of afrosoricid placentals from the Fayum Depression of northern Egypt, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 55 (4), pp. 599-616 : 607

Genus Qatranilestes nov.

Type species: Qatranilestes oligocaenus sp. nov., see below.

Etymology: From Arabic qatran, tar—in reference to the dark basalt capping the Jebel Qatrani Formation, cobbles of which drape the hills north of Quarry I and which give that Formation its name (Jebel Qatrani = “tar hill”), and from Greek lestes, robber—a common suffix in generic names of insectivoran−grade placentals.

Diagnosis: Same as for the species.