Scincosauridae
Extinct family of tetrapodomorphs
| Scincosauridae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous | |
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| Life restoration of Scincosaurus crassus | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Sarcopterygii |
| Clade: | Tetrapodomorpha |
| Order: | †Nectridea |
| Family: | †Scincosauridae Jaeckel, 1909 |
The Scincosauridae are an extinct family of nectridean tetrapodomorphs. It includes the genera Scincosaurus and Sauravus.[1] Unlike most other nectrideans, scincosaurids are thought to have been terrestrial.
References
- ^ Marcello Ruta, Michael I. Coates and Donald L. J. Quicke (2003). "Early tetrapod relationships revisited" (PDF). Biological Reviews. 78 (2): 251–345. doi:10.1017/S1464793102006103. PMID 12803423. S2CID 31298396. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-22. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
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