Tangasauridae is an extinct family of diapsids known from fossils found in Late Permian to Early Triassic rocks in Madagascar, Kenya and Tanzania. Fossils have been found of members of this family in
Araeoscelidia or Araeoscelida is a clade of extinct tetrapods superficially resembling lizards, extending from the Late Carboniferous to the Early Permian. The group contains the genera Araeoscelis, P