Sauropleura

Sauropleura
Temporal range: Carboniferous–Permian,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Nectridea
Family: †Urocordylidae
Subfamily: †Sauropleurinae
Genus: †
Cope, 1868

Sauropleura (meaning "lizard side") is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs within the family Urocordylidae. Fossils are known from the United States (Texas, Ohio) and Europe (Czech Republic). The following species are included:[1]

  • Sauropleura bairdi
  • Sauropleura longicaudata
  • Sauropleura pectinata
  • Sauropleura scalaris

References

  1. ^ "†Sauropleura Cope 1868". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 8 January 2018.


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