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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