Biology:Scincosauridae

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Short description: Extinct family of amphibians

Scincosauridae
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Life restoration of Scincosaurus crassus
Scientific classification e
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Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Chordata
Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: Lepospondyli
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Jaeckel, 1909

The Scincosauridae are an extinct family of nectridean lepospondyl amphibians. It includes the genera Scincosaurus and Sauravus.[1] 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". Biological Reviews 78 (2): 251–345. doi:10.1017/S1464793102006103. PMID 12803423. http://pondside.uchicago.edu/oba/faculty/coates/5.RutCoaQuick2003.pdf. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7433918 entry