The Scincosauridae are an extinct family of

nectridean Nectridea is the name of an extinct order of lepospondyl tetrapods from the Carboniferous and Permian periods, including animals such as ''Diplocaulus''. In appearance, they would have resembled modern newts or aquatic salamanders, although they ...

lepospondyl Lepospondyli is a diverse taxon of early tetrapods. With the exception of one late-surviving lepospondyl from the Late Permian of Morocco ('' Diplocaulus minumus''), lepospondyls lived from the Early Carboniferous (Mississippian) to the Early Per ...

amphibians. It includes the genera ''

Scincosaurus ''Scincosaurus'' is an extinct genus of nectridean lepospondyl within the family Scincosauridae. History ''Scincosaurus crassus'' was first described by Bohemian paleontologist Antonín Frič in volume 1875 of "''Sitzungsberichte der königl ...

'' and '' Sauravus''. Unlike most other nectrideans, scincosaurids are thought to have been terrestrial.

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Carboniferous amphibians Pennsylvanian first appearances Pennsylvanian extinctions Holospondyls {{carboniferous-animal-stub