Welcommia

Welcommia; Temporal range: Oxfordian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Chondrichthyes
Order:	Hexanchiformes
Family:	Hexanchidae
Genus:	†Welcommia; Klug & Kriwet, 2010

Welcommia is an extinct genus of shark. It contains only two species - Welcommia bodeuri and Welcommia cappettai, described from the middle Oxfordian of Germany by Stefanie Klug and Jürgen Kriwet, in 2010.[1]

References

Stefanie Klug and Jürgen Kriwet (2010). "A new Late Jurassic species of the rare synechodontiform shark, Welcommia (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 84 (3): 413–419. doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0058-9.

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[1] Stefanie Klug and Jürgen Kriwet (2010). "A new Late Jurassic species of the rare synechodontiform shark, Welcommia (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii)". Paläontologische Zeitschrift 84 (3): 413–419. doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0058-9.