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Scincosauridae

Osteichthyes - Scincosauridae

Taxonomy
Scincosauridae was named by Jaeckel (1909). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Nectridea by Carroll (1988), Carroll et al. (1998).

Entered
by E. Fara on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Scincosauridae Jaeckel
1988Scincosauridae Carroll
1998Scincosauridae Carroll et al. p. xii

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Lepospondyli()
Nectridea()
familyScincosauridaeJaeckel 1909
familyScincosauridaeJaeckel 1909

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Scincosauridae Jaeckel 1909
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G. †Sauravus Thevenin 1906
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Sauravus cambrayi Carroll et al. 1998
Sauravus costei Thevenin 1906
G. †Scincosaurus Fric 1876
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Scincosaurus crassus Fritsch 1875
Scincosaurus spinosus Civet 1982
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: planktonicp
Diet: suspension feederp
Created: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:15:19
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Artinskian or 309.80000 to 283.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D309.8 - 307.4Czechia (Pilsen) Scincosaurus crassus (84835)
Stephanian B - Stephanian C301.4 - 300.3France (Bourgogne) Scincosaurus spinosus, Sauravus costei (176090)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3France (Bourgogne) Sauravus cambrayi (80777)