Sauropleura
Temporal range: CarboniferousPermian,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subclass: Lepospondyli
Order: Nectridea
Family: Urocordylidae
Subfamily: Sauropleurinae
Genus: Sauropleura
Cope, 1868

Sauropleura (meaning "lizard side") is an extinct genus of nectridean lepospondyls 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

See also

References

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


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