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Urocordylus wandesfordii

Amphibia - Urocordylidae

Taxonomy
Urocordylus wandesfordii was named by Huxley (1867). Its type specimen is TCD T83 and is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Jarrow Colliery, which is in a Westphalian A terrestrial coal in Ireland. It is the type species of Urocordylus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Urocordylus wandesfordii Huxley
1998Urocordylus wandesfordii Carroll et al. p. 76

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
RankNameAuthor
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
—Lepospondyli()
—Nectridea()
familyUrocordylidaeLydekker 1889
subfamilyUrocordylinae
genusUrocordylus
specieswandesfordiiHuxley 1867

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.

†Urocordylus wandesfordii Huxley 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004

Age range: Westphalian A or 318.70000 to 316.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Ireland (Lenister) Urocordylus wandesfordii (type locality: 175806)