''Sauropleura'' (meaning "lizard side") is an extinct

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nectridea Nectridea is an extinct order of lepospondyl tetrapods from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, including animals such as '' Diplocaulus''. In appearance, they would have resembled modern newts or aquatic salamanders, although they are not cl ...

tetrapodomorph Tetrapodomorpha (also known as Choanata) is a clade of vertebrates consisting of tetrapods (four-limbed vertebrates) and their closest sarcopterygian relatives that are more closely related to living tetrapods than to living lungfish. Advanced for ...

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Urocordylidae The Urocordylidae are an extinct family (biology), family of nectridean lepospondyl amphibians. Urocordylids lived during the Late Carboniferous and Early Permian in what is now Europe and North America and are characterized by their very long, p ...

. Fossils are known from the United States (Texas, Ohio) and Europe (Czech Republic). The following species are included: * ''Sauropleura bairdi'' * ''Sauropleura longicaudata'' * ''Sauropleura pectinata'' * ''Sauropleura scalaris''

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Urocordylidae Pennsylvanian sarcopterygians Carboniferous sarcopterygians of Europe Carboniferous sarcopterygians of North America Cisuralian sarcopterygians Permian sarcopterygians of North America Taxa named by Edward Drinker Cope Fossil taxa described in 1868 {{Paleo-tetrapodomorph-stub