A new genus and species of marine catfishes (Siluriformes; Ariidae) from the upper Eocene Birket Qarun Formation, Wadi El-Hitan, Egypt
Fig 18
Comparative nuchal plate elements for the paleogene egyptian catfishes.
A, Qarmoutus hitanensis gen. et sp. nov. (MUVP 58); B, Fajumia schweinfurthi (Stromer, [21] and Peyer, [22]); C, Eopeyeria aegyptiaca (Peyer, [22]); D, Socnopaea grandis (Stromer, [21] and Peyer, [22]) and E, Arius fraasi (Peyer, [22]).