Urocordylus

Urocordylus (from Greek: οὐρά oura, 'tail' and Greek: κορδῡ́λη kordū́lē, 'club') is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs. It is the type genus of the family Urocordylidae. Fossils have been found from Ireland that date back to the Westphalian stage of the late Carboniferous.^[2] It had total length of about 19.5 in (500 mm), but the skull was only about 1.3 in (33 mm) long.^[3]

Urocordylus Temporal range: Pennsylvanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Order:	†Nectridea
Family:	†Urocordylidae
Subfamily:	†Urocordylinae
Genus:	†Urocordylus Wright & Huxley, 1866
Type species
†Urocordylus wandesfordii Huxley, 1867
Species[1]
†Urocordylus angustatus (Fritsch, 1883) †Urocordylus wandesfordii Huxley, 1867