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Sauropleura

Amphibia - Urocordylidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Sauropleura Cope p. 215
1902Sauropleura Hay p. 419
1916Sauropleura Moodie p. 48
1988Sauropleura Carroll
1998Sauropleura Carroll et al. p. 76
2012Sauropleura Maddin et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
Lepospondyli()
Nectridea()
familyUrocordylidaeLydekker 1889
subfamilySauropleurinae
genusSauropleura

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.

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]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Asselian or 309.80000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.5Czech Republic (Pilsen) Urocordylus scalaris, Ptyonius distinctus (84835)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Krkonose) Ptyonius bendai (232614)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Liberec Region) Ptyonius bendai (179047)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Czech Republic (Liberec) Ptyonius bendai (232993)
Wolfcampian298.9 - 286.0USA (Texas) S. bairdi (79162)