Qarmoutus
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| Qarmoutus Temporal range: Eocene
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| Genus: | †Qarmoutus El-Sayed et al, 2017
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| Species: | †Q. hitanensis El-Sayed et al, 2017
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| †Qarmoutus hitanensis El-Sayer et al, 2017
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Qarmoutus hitanensis is an extinct ariid catfish whose fossils were first discovered in Wadi Al-Hitan, Egypt. It lived during the Eocene period around 37 million years ago, and its body length is estimated to be about 6.5 feet long.
References
- Giant Catfish Fossil Found in Egyptian Desert, National Geographic