Woutersia

Woutersia
Temporal range: Late Triassic Norian–Rhaetian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
(unranked): Amniota
Class: Synapsida
(unranked): Mammaliaformes
Order: Holotheria
(unranked): Kuehneotheria
Family: Woutersiidae
Sigogneau-Russell, 1983
Genus: Woutersia
Sigogneau-Russell, 1983
Species
  • W. mirabilis Sigogneau-Russell, 1983 (type)
  • W. butleri Sigogneau-Russell & Hahn, 1995

Woutersia was a triassic symmetrodont and the only representative of its family. It has been suggested that it may form the sister taxon to Docodonta. Its remains have been found in France.

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