Widanelfarasia

Widanelfarasia is an extinct genus of placental mammals known from the Late Eocene Jebel Qatrani Formation of Egypt. Two species are known: W. bowni and the smaller W. rasmusseni. Described in 2000 by E. R. Seiffert and Elwyn L. Simons, Widanelfarasia was initially classified as uncertain position (incertae sedis) within placentals,^[1] but was later placed within the afrosoricidan suborder Tenrecomorpha (tenrecs and otter shrews).^[2][3] The genus name derives from Widan el-Faras (Arabic for "Ears of the Mare"), two prominent hills in the area where the fossils were recovered.^[1]

Widanelfarasia Temporal range: 37.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Late Eocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Afrosoricida
Genus:	Widanelfarasia Seiffert & Simons, 2000
Type species
Widanelfarasia bowni Seiffert & Simons, 2000
Species
W. bowni W. rasmusseni