title: Qatranilestes
text: # Qatranilestes
  
  Qatranilestes is an extinct genus of afrosoricid which existed in Fayum, Egypt during the earliest Oligocene period (Rupelian age). It was first named by Erik R. Seiffert in 2010 and the type species is Qatranilestes oligocaenus. As of 2010, Qatranilestes was the youngest known afrosoricid fossil from Egypt.
  
  