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Urocordylidae
Taxonomy
Urocordylidae was named by Lydekker (1889). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Nectridia by Kuhn (1946); and to Nectridea by Thayer (1985), Carroll (1988) and Carroll et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Nectridia by Kuhn (1946); and to Nectridea by Thayer (1985), Carroll (1988) and Carroll et al. (1998).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Urocordylidae Lydekker |
| 1946 | Urocordylidae Kuhn p. 53 |
| 1985 | Urocordylidae Thayer p. 693 |
| 1988 | Urocordylidae Carroll |
| 1998 | Urocordylidae Carroll et al. p. xii |
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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.
Fm. †Urocordylidae Lydekker 1889
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Subfm. †Sauropleurinae Carroll et al. 1998
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G. †Sauropleura Cope 1868
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†Sauropleura bairdi Carroll et al. 1998
†Sauropleura longicaudata Langiaux et al. 1974
†Sauropleura pauciradiata Cope 1874
†Sauropleura scalaris Fritsch 1883
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Invalid names: Ptyonius bendai Fritsch 1901 [synonym], Ptyonius distinctus Fritsch 1901 [synonym]
Subfm. †Urocordylinae Carroll et al. 1998
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G. †Ptyonius Cope 1875
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†Ptyonius marshi Cope 1869
†Ptyonius marshii Cope 1869
†Ptyonius nummifer Cope 1875
†Ptyonius olisthmonaias Thayer 1985
†Ptyonius serrula Cope 1871
†Ptyonius vinchellianus Cope 1871
G. †Urocordylus Wright and Huxley 1866
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†Urocordylus angustatus Fritsch 1883
†Urocordylus wandesfordii Huxley 1867
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Artinskian or 318.70000 to 279.30000 Ma
Collections (15 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bashkirian | United Kingdom (England) | Urocordylidae indet. (177139) | |
| Westphalian A | Ireland (Lenister) | Urocordylus wandesfordii (175806) | |
| Westphalian A - Westphalian B | USA (Arizona) | Ptyonius olisthmonaias (92271) | |
| Westphalian | USA (Alabama) | Ctenerpeton primum (84135) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Pennsylvania) | Ctenerpeton alveolatum (165526) | |
| Westphalian D | Czech Republic (Pilsen) | Urocordylus scalaris, Ptyonius distinctus, Urocordylus angustatus (84835) | |
| Westphalian D | USA (Ohio) | Colosteus marshii, Sauropleura remex (85292) | |
| Stephanian B - Stephanian C | France (Bourgogne) | Sauropleura longidentata (176090) | |
| Asselian | Czech Republic (Liberec Region) | Ptyonius bendai (179047) | |
| Asselian | Czech Republic (Liberec) | Ptyonius bendai (232993) | |
| Asselian | Czech Republic (Krkonose) | Ptyonius bendai (232614) | |
| Wolfcampian | USA (Texas) | Sauropleura bairdi (79162) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Oklahoma) | Crossotelos annulatus (79402) | |
| Artinskian - Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Crossotelos annulatus (85299) | |
| Leonardian | USA (Oklahoma) | Crossotelos sp. (163064) |