Welcommoides
Extinct genus of mammals
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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]
| Welcommoides Temporal range: Early Oligocene | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Pantolesta |
| Family: | †Paroxyclaenidae |
| Subfamily: | †Merialinae |
| Genus: | †Welcommoides Solé, 2024[1] |
| Type species | |
| †Welcommoides gurki Solé, 2024[1] | |