Welcommoides

Welcommoides; Temporal range: 31.0–29.0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ Early Oligocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Pantolesta
Family:	† Paroxyclaenidae
Subfamily:	† Merialinae
Genus:	† Welcommoides ; Solé, 2024
Type species
	†Welcommoides gurki; Solé, 2024

Last updated August 21, 2025

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 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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[Sole2024-1] 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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