Welcommoides

Welcommoides
Temporal range: Early Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Pantolesta
Family: Paroxyclaenidae
Subfamily: Merialinae
Genus:
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

  1. ^ a b c d 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.