Biology:Welcommia

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Short description: Extinct genus of sharks

Welcommia
Temporal range: 183–175.6 Ma[1]
Jurassic
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Hexanchiformes
Family: Pseudonotidanidae
Genus: Welcommia
Klug & Kriwet, 2010

Welcommia is an extinct genus of shark. It contains only three species :-

  • Welcommia bodeuri H. Cappetta, 1990 (Late Jurassic of France)[2]
  • Welcommia cappettai Stefanie Klug and Jürgen Kriwet, 2010 (middle Oxfordian of Germany)[3]
  • Welcommia terencei D. Delsate and P. Godefroit, 1995 (Jurassic of Belgium)[1]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7980848 entry