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Urocordylidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)37270https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=37270
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Urocordylidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-AmphibiaLinnaeus 1758
-Lepospondyli
-Nectridea
familyUrocordylidaeLydekker 1889
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Urocordylidaefamilybelongs to Nectridiastated with evidenceKuhn, 1946
Urocordylidaefamilybelongs to NectrideaimpliedThayer, 1985
Urocordylidaefamilybelongs to Nectrideastated without evidenceCarroll et al., 1998
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)25
First Recorded Appearance323 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance290 - 268 Ma
Permian
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Reproductiondispersal=water (based on Amphibia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sauropleurinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)8311 Ma
Carboniferous
290 Ma
Permian
Urocordylinae
subfamily
listed (PBDB)4318 Ma
Carboniferous
311 Ma
Carboniferous
Ctenerpeton
genus
listed (PBDB)3318 Ma
Carboniferous
311 Ma
Carboniferous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Urocordylidae Lydekker
1946Urocordylidae Kuhn p. 53
1985Urocordylidae Thayer p. 693
1988Urocordylidae Carroll
1998Urocordylidae Carroll et al. p. xii

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Kuhn O. (1946) Das System der fossilen und rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien [The system of fossil and recent amphibians and reptiles], Bericht der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Bamberg 29, 49-67
Thayer D. W. (1985) New Pennsylvanian Lepospondyl Amphibians from the Swisshelm Mountains, Arizona, Journal of Paleontology 59 3, 684-700
Carroll R. L., Bossy K. A., et al (1998) Handbuch der Palaoherpetologie / Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology Teil 1 / Part 1 Lepospondyli: Microsauria, Nectridea, Lysorophia, Adelospondyli, Aistopoda, Acherontiscidae, 1-216
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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