Scincosauridae

Scincosauridae
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Life restoration of Scincosaurus crassus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: †Nectridea
Family: †Scincosauridae
Jaeckel, 1909

The Scincosauridae are an extinct family of nectridean tetrapodomorphs. It includes the genera Scincosaurus and Sauravus. Unlike most other nectrideans, scincosaurids are thought to have been terrestrial.

References

  1. ↑ 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.