Welcommoides
| Welcommoides Temporal range:
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Pantolesta |
| Family: | †Paroxyclaenidae |
| Genus: | † |
| Species: | †W. gurki
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| Binomial name | |
| †Welcommoides gurki Solé et. al., 2024
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Welcommoides is an extinct genus of paroxyclaenid that lived during the Rupelian stage of the Oligocene epoch.
Distribution
Welcommoides gurki is known from the lower Chitarwata Formation located in the Bugti Hills of Pakistan.[1]
References
- ^ 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.