樹匐螈屬(學名:**')為已滅絕的離片椎目兩棲類,棲息於石炭紀時期的新斯科舍與愛爾蘭。牠們的化石多半發現於鱗木屬或封印木屬化石的樹洞之中,大部分的化石樣本保存狀況不完整,骨架多半脫節或被擠壓至扁平。樹匐螈的鐙骨被用來作為耳朵中的支持結構,並不具有現存四足類動物的聽力功能
樹匐螈的化石發現於新斯科舍的 與 ;以及愛爾蘭的 。
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