Urocordylus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs}}

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| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Pennsylvanian}}

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| taxon = Urocordylus

| authority = Wright & Huxley, 1866

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| type_species = {{extinct}}Urocordylus wandesfordii

| type_species_authority = Huxley, 1867

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision_ref = Urocordylus Huxley, 1867 in GBIF Secretariat (2017). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/4816372 on 2019-02-27.

| subdivision =

• {{extinct}}Urocordylus angustatus (Fritsch, 1883)
• {{extinct}}Urocordylus wandesfordii Huxley, 1867

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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.Carrol, R. L. (2001). The origin and early radiation of terrestrial vertebrates. Journal of Paleontology 75(6):1202-1213. It had total length of about {{cvt|19.5|in}}, but the skull was only about {{cvt|1.3|in}} long.{{Cite journal|last1=Huxley|first1=Thomas H.|last2=Wright|first2=E. Perceval|date=1871|title=On a Collection of Fossil Vertebrata, from the Jarrow Colliery, County of Kilkenny, Ireland|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30079292|journal=The Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy|volume=24|pages=351–370|jstor=30079292 |issn=0790-8113}}