Scincosauridae Temporal range:
Late Carboniferous
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Life restoration of Scincosaurus crassus | |
Scientific classification
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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.