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Sauravus fossil map

Where fossils of Sauravus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 300 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 300 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Sauravus
Image: Armand Thévenin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly tetrapods & amphibians
Lived301.4–283.3 million years ago (Gzhelian to Artinskian)
PeriodsCarboniferous, Permian
FamilyScincosauridae
Named byThevenin 1906
Fossil records2 occurrences at 2 locations (PBDB)
Found inFrance
Rock formationstxn:37267

About Sauravus

Sauravus is an extinct genus of nectridean tetrapodomorphs within the family Scincosauridae.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Sauravus (revision 1354843587), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q7427544.

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