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The species name honours [[Richard Markgraf]], palaeontologist [[Ernst Stromer]]'s fossil collector, who collected the type specimen in 1905.<ref name="Ging-etym" />
 
''Masracetus''<nowiki>'</nowiki> type locality is the [[Birket Qarun Formation]] in [[Dimê]] ({{Coord|29.5|30.7|display=inline}}, [[paleocoordinates]] {{Coord|24.9|26.6|display=inline}}) north of lake [[Birket Qarun]],<ref>{{Paleodb|collection|79679|Dimeh (Eocene of Egypt)}}. Retrieved July 2013.</ref> but specimens have also been found in the [[Qattara Depression]] and [[Fayum]].<ref>{{Paleodb|118889|Masracetus markgrafi}}. Retrieved July 2013.</ref><ref>{{Paleodb|collection|96953|Qattara Depression (Eocene of Egypt)}}. Retrieved July 2013.</ref><ref>{{Paleodb|collection|96952|Minqar Tibaghbagh (Eocene of Egypt)}}. Retrieved July 2013.</ref><ref>{{Paleodb|collection|13403|Minqar el-Hut (Eocene of Egypt)}}. Retrieved July 2013.</ref> Masracetus was a powerful artiodactyl.
 
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