†family Urocordylidae Lydekker 1889 (tetrapod)
Amphibia - Nectridea - Urocordylidae
Parent taxon: Nectridia according to O. Kuhn 1946
See also Carroll 1988, Carroll et al. 1998 and Thayer 1985
Sister taxa: Arizonerpeton, Diplocaulidae, Scincosauridae
Subtaxa: Ctenerpeton Sauropleurinae Urocordylinae
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Permian of the Czech Republic (3 collections), United States (4: Oklahoma, Texas)
• Carboniferous of the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Alabama, Arizona, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
Total: 15 collections including 18 occurrences