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Nectridea

Amphibia

Taxonomy
Nectridea was named by Miall (1875). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the order Nectridei by Jaekel (1911); it was corrected as Nectridia by Kuhn (1946); it was reranked as the order Nectridea by Thayer (1985), Carroll (1988) and Carroll et al. (1998); it was misspelled as Nectridia by Huene (1954), Olson (1970) and Gardiner (1982); it was reranked as the unranked clade Nectridea by Gauthier et al. (1989) and Maddin et al. (2012).

It was assigned to Microsauria by Jaekel (1911); to Lepospondyli by Kuhn (1946); to Pseudocentrophori by Huene (1954); to Lepospondyli by Olson (1970); to Lepospondyli by Thayer (1985) and Carroll (1988); to Tetrapoda by Gauthier et al. (1989); and to Lepospondyli by Gardiner (1982), Carroll et al. (1998) and Maddin et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Nectridea Miall p. 168
1911Nectridei Jaekel p. 119
1946Nectridia Kuhn p. 53
1954Nectridia Huene p. 6
1970Nectridea Olson p. 403
1982Nectridia Gardiner p. 228
1985Nectridea Thayer p. 693
1988Nectridea Carroll
1989Nectridea Gauthier et al. p. 339
1998Nectridea Carroll et al. p. xi
2012Nectridea Maddin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
—Nectridea()
—Nectridea()

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.

Unr. †Nectridea Miall 1875
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G. †Arizonerpeton Thayer 1985
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†Arizonerpeton wellsi Thayer 1985
Fm. †Diplocaulidae Cope 1881
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G. †Batrachiderpeton Hancock and Atthey 1871
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†Batrachiderpeton lineatum Hancock and Atthey 1869
†Batrachiderpeton reticulatum Hancock and Atthey 1869
G. †Diceratosaurus Jaekel 1903
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†Diploceraspis burkei Romer 1952
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Invalid names: Diploceraspis conemaughensis Romer 1952 [synonym]
G. †Hermundurichnus Walter and Werneburg 1988
G. †Keraterpeton Wright and Huxley 1866
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†Keraterpeton galvani Huxley 1867
†Keraterpeton gigas Fritsch 1889
†Keraterpeton longtoni Carroll et al. 1998
Invalid names: Keraterpetontidae Jaekel 1903 [synonym]
Fm. †Scincosauridae Jaeckel 1909
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G. †Sauravus Thevenin 1906
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†Sauravus cambrayi Carroll et al. 1998
†Sauravus costei Thevenin 1906
G. †Scincosaurus Fric 1876
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†Scincosaurus crassus Fritsch 1875
†Scincosaurus spinosus Civet 1982
Fm. †Urocordylidae Lydekker 1889
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G. †Ctenerpeton Cope 1897
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†Ctenerpeton primum Aldrich and Jones 1930
†Ctenerpeton remex Cope 1868
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Invalid names: Ctenerpeton alveolatum Cope 1897 [synonym]
Subfm. †Sauropleurinae Carroll et al. 1998
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G. †Crossotelos Case 1902
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†Crossotelos annulatus Case 1902
G. †Montcellia Dutuit and Heyler 1994
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†Montcellia longidentata Moodie 1909
G. †Sauropleura Cope 1868
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†Sauropleura bairdi Carroll et al. 1998
†Sauropleura longicaudata Langiaux et al. 1974
†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
G. †Urocordylus Wright and Huxley 1866
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†Urocordylus angustatus Fritsch 1883
†Urocordylus wandesfordii Huxley 1867
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available