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