Welcommoides
| Welcommoides Temporal range: Early Oligocene | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | †Pantolesta |
| Family: | †Paroxyclaenidae |
| Subfamily: | †Merialinae |
| Genus: | †Welcommoides Solé, 2024[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Welcommoides gurki Solé, 2024[1] | |
Welcommoides ("Welcommes animal")[1] is an extinct genus of placental mammals from subfamily Merialinae within family Paroxyclaenidae, that lived during the early Oligocene (Rupelian) in the lower Chitarwata Formation located in the Bugti Hills of Pakistan.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Solé, Floréal; Baqri, Syed Rafiqul Hassan; Iqbal, Nayyer; Roohi, Ghazala; Benammi, Mouloud; Crochet, Jean-Yves; De Franceschi, Dario; Antoine, Pierre-Olivier; Marandat, Bernard; Métais, Grégoire; Marivaux, Laurent (30 October 2024). "An unexpected late paroxyclaenid (Mammalia, Cimolesta) out of Europe: dental evidence from the Oligocene of the Bugti Hills, Pakistan". Papers in Palaeontology. 10 (6). Bibcode:2024PPal...10E1599S. doi:10.1002/spp2.1599. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 29 May 2025 – via Wiley Online Library.
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