Sauropleurinae

Sauropleurinae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Restoration of Sauropleura pectinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	"Amphibia" (wide sense)
Subclass:	†Lepospondyli
Order:	†Nectridea
Family:	†Urocordylidae
Subfamily:	†Sauropleurinae Carroll, 1978
Genera
†Crossotelos †Lepterpeton †Montcellia †Sauropleura

Sauropleurinae is an extinct subfamily of lepospondyl amphibians. Along with the subfamily Urocordylinae, Sauropleurinae is part of the family Urocordylidae. Like other urocordylids, sauropleurines have long, flattened tails and superficially resemble aquatic newts. They differ from urocordylines in having narrow, pointed skulls.^[1] Sauropleurinae includes the genera Sauropleura, Crossotelos, Lepterpeton, and Montcellia, all of which lived during the Late Carboniferous in what is now North America and Europe.^[2]

References

1. Carlson, K. J. (1999). "Crossotelos, an Early Permian nectridian amphibian". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 19 (4): 623–631. doi:10.1080/02724634.1999.10011176.
2. Carroll, R.L.; Bossy, K.A.; Milner, A.C.; Andrews, S.M.; Wellstead, C.F. (1998). "Lepospondyli". In P. Wellnhofer (ed.). Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie 1. Munich: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil. p. 216. ISBN 978-3-931516-26-0.