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Scincosauridae

Amphibia - Scincosauridae

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

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

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
RankNameAuthor
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
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
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2005-03-06 14:47:58
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:47:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian D to the top of the Artinskian or 311.45000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Westphalian D311.45 - 306.95Czech Republic (Pilsen) Scincosaurus crassus (84835)
Stephanian B - Stephanian C304.8 - 301.2France (Bourgogne) Scincosaurus spinosus, Sauravus costei (176090)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3France (Bourgogne) Sauravus cambrayi (80777)