Urocordylinae

Urocordylinae
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Restoration of Urocordylus wandesfordii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Nectridea
Family: †Urocordylidae
Subfamily: †
Lydekker, 1889
Genera

Urocordylinae is an extinct subfamily of nectridean tetrapodomorphs that includes several small newt-like species with short skulls and elongated, flattened tails. Urocordylinae belongs to the family Urocordylidae, which also includes the subfamily Sauropleurinae. Urocordylines lived during the Late Carboniferous and fossils are known from North America and Europe. The best-known urocordyline is Urocordylus from Ireland.[1]

References

  1. ^ Carroll, R.L.; Bossy, K.A.; Milner, A.C.; Andrews, S.M.; Wellstead, C.F. (1998). "Lepospondyli". In P. Wellnhofer (ed.). Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie. Vol. 1. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. p. 216. ISBN 978-3-931516-26-0.


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