Urocordylus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Nectridea |
| Family: | †Urocordylidae |
| Subfamily: | †Urocordylinae |
| Genus: | †Urocordylus Wright & Huxley, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| †Urocordylus wandesfordii Huxley, 1867
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Urocordylus is an extinct genus of nectridean lepospondyl. It is the type genus of the family Urocordylidae. Fossils have been found from Ireland that date back to the Westphalian stage of the late Carboniferous.[2] It was a small lepospondyl, about 15–20 cm long.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Urocordylus Huxley, 1867 in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/4816372 on 2019-02-27.
- ^ Carrol, R. L. (2001). The origin and early radiation of terrestrial vertebrates. Journal of Paleontology 75(6):1202-1213.
- ^ http://www.cojeco.cz/index.php?detail=1&s_lang=2&id_desc=101237&title=Urocordylus (in czech)
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