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Urocordylus
Taxonomy
Urocordylus was named by Wright and Huxley (1866). It is not extant. Its type is Urocordylus wandesfordii.
It was assigned to Ptyoniidae by Cope (1875); to Urocordylidae by Carroll (1988); to Urocordylinae by Carroll et al. (1998); and to Nectridea by Maddin et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Ptyoniidae by Cope (1875); to Urocordylidae by Carroll (1988); to Urocordylinae by Carroll et al. (1998); and to Nectridea by Maddin et al. (2012).
Species
U. angustatus, U. wandesfordii (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1866 | Urocordylus Wright and Huxley |
| 1875 | Urocordylus Cope p. 11 |
| 1988 | Urocordylus Carroll |
| 1998 | Urocordylus Carroll et al. p. 76 |
| 2012 | Urocordylus Maddin et al. |
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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.
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Uhen 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Westphalian D or 318.70000 to 307.50000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Westphalian A | Ireland (Lenister) | U. wandesfordii (175806) | |
| Westphalian D | Czech Republic (Pilsen) | U. angustatus (84835) |