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Scincosauridae

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Scincosauridae
Temporal range: Late Carboniferous
Life restoration of Scincosaurus crassus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  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.