Qarunavus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of mammals}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Oligocene}}

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = Mammalia

| ordo = † Ptolemaiida

| genus = † Qarunavus

| genus_authority = Simons & Gingerich, 1974

| type_species = Qarunavus meyeri

| type_species_authority = Simons & Gingerich, 1974

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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.{{cite journal|last1=Simons|first1= E. L.|last2= Gingerich|first2= P. D. |year=1974|title= New carnivorous mammals from the Oligocene of Egypt|journal=Annals of the Geological Survey of Egypt|volume= 4|pages= 157–166|url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gingeric/PDFfiles/PDG015_Masrasector.pdf}}