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Woutersia mirabilis

Mammalia - Woutersiidae

Taxonomy
Woutersia mirabilis was named by Sigogneau-Russell (1983). Its type specimen is SNP 101, a tooth (left lower molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, which is in a Rhaetian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone in the Grès à Avicula contorta Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Woutersia mirabilis Sigogneau-Russell
1995Woutersia mirabilis Sigogneau-Russell and Hahn p. 246 figs. 1A, 9A, 10A
1997Woutersia mirabilis Prasad and Manhas p. 570
2004Woutersia mirabilis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 345, 365

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
subclassAcrotheria
infraclassSymmetrodonta(Simpson 1925)
familyWoutersiidae
genusWoutersiaSigogneau-Russell 1983
speciesmirabilisSigogneau-Russell 1983

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Woutersia mirabilis Sigogneau-Russell 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973

Age range: Rhaetian or 208.50000 to 201.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3France (Lorraine) Woutersia mirabilis (type locality: 36106 92109)