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Welcommia

Description

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.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4824969https://www.gbif.org/species/4824969
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)34534https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=34534
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Elasmobranchii : Hexanchiformes : Pseudonotidanidae : Welcommia
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Chondrichthyes : Hexanchiformes : Pseudonotidanidae : Welcommia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
classChondrichthyesHuxley 1880
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
infraclassEuselachii
-NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
orderSqualomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderHexanchiformesde Buen 1926
familyPseudonotidanidaeUnderwood and Ward 2004
genusWelcommiaCappetta 1990
Scientific NameWelcommia Cappetta, 1990
Name Published InPalaeovertebrata (Montp) 20 (1)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Welcommiagenusbelongs to Hexanchiformesstated with evidenceDelsate and Godefroit, 1995
Welcommiagenusbelongs to Hexanchiformessecond handSepkoski, 2002
Welcommiagenusbelongs to Pseudonotidanidaestated with evidenceUnderwood and Ward, 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance183 - 174 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance183 - 174 Ma
Jurassic
Environmentmarine (based on Vertebrata)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Hexanchiformes)
Dietcarnivore (based on Hexanchiformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcommia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Welcommia terencei
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1183 Ma
Early Jurassic
183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1995Welcommia Delsate and Godefroit p. 30
2002Welcommia Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Welcommia Underwood and Ward p. 476

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Delsate D., Godefroit P. (1995) Chondrichtyens du Toarcien inferieur d'Aubange (Lorraine belge), Belgian Geological Survey, Professional Paper, Elasmobranches et Stratigraphie 278 1994, 23-43
Underwood C. J., Ward D. J. (2004) Neoselachian sharks and rays from the British Bathonian (Middle Jurassic), Palaeontology 47 3, 447-501
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Palaeovertebrata (Montp) 20 (1) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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