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Scapherpetontidae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)97285https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=97285
Rankfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Osteichthyes : Caudata : Scapherpetontidae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-Temnospondyli
-Lissamphibia
-Batrachia
-Caudata
familyUrodela
suborderAmbystomatoidea
familyScapherpetontidaeAuffenberg and Goin 1959
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to Urodelesstated without evidenceAuffenberg and Goin, 1959
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to Cryptobranchoideastated with evidenceEstes, 1964
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to Urodelesstated without evidenceEstes, 1965
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to Ambystomatoideastated with evidenceEstes, 1969
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to Ambystomatoideastated without evidenceEstes and Berberian, 1970
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to AmbystomatoideaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to Ambystomatoideastated without evidenceSullivan, 1991
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to Ambystomatoideastated with evidenceShishkin, 2000
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to Caudatastated without evidencePeng et al., 2001
Scapherpetontidaefamilybelongs to Urodelastated without evidenceGardner, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)11
First Recorded Appearance125 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene
Environmentbrackish,freshwater,terrestrial (based on Tetrapoda)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Temnospondyli)
Dietcarnivore (based on Temnospondyli)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. Auffenberg and C. J. Goin. 1959. The status of the salamander genera Scapherpeton and Hemitrypus of Cope. American Museum Novitates 1979:1-12

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Eoscapherpetontinae ✝
subfamily		listed (PBDB)399.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		99.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Lisserpeton ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)2883.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		61.7 Ma
Paleocene
Piceoerpeton ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)1972.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		55.8 Ma
Eocene
Scapherpeton ✝
genus		listed (PBDB)16389.8 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous		61.7 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1959Scapherpetonidae Auffenberg and Goin p. 5
1964Scapherpetonidae Estes p. 62
1965Scapherpetonidae Estes p. 90
1969Scapherpetontidae Estes p. 232
1970Scapherpetonidae Estes and Berberian p. 4
1981Scapherpetontidae Estes
YearName and Author
1981Scapherpetontidae Naylor and Krause p. 508
1988Scapherpetontidae Carroll
1991Scapherpetontidae Sullivan p. 296
2000Scapherpetontidae Shishkin p. 305
2001Scapherpetontidae Peng et al. p. 18
2012Scapherpetontidae Gardner

References

Auffenberg W., Goin C. J. (1959) The status of the salamander genera Scapherpeton and Hemitrypus of Cope, American Museum Novitates 1979, 1-12
Estes R. (1964) Fossil vertebrates from the Late Cretaceous Lance Formation, eastern Wyoming, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 49, 1-187
Estes R. (1965) A new fossil salamander from Montana and Wyoming, Copeia 1965 1, 90-95
Estes R. (1969) The Batrachosauroididae and Scapherpetontidae, Late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic salamanders, Copeia 1969 2, 225-234
Estes R., Berberian P. (1970) Paleoecology of a Late Cretaceous vertebrate community from Montana, Breviora 343, 1-35
Estes R. (1981) , Handbuch der Paläoherpetologie/Encyclopedia of Paleoherpetology. Part 2. Gymnophiona, Caudata. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, xv-115
Naylor B. G., Krause D. W. (1981) Piceoerpeton, a giant early Tertiary salamander from western North America, Journal of Paleontology 55 3, 507-523
Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Sullivan R. M. (1991) Paleocene Caudata and Squamata from Gidley and Silberling quarries, Montana, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 11 3, 293-301
Shishkin M. A. (2000) Mesozoic amphibians from Mongolia and the Central Asiatic republics, The Age of Dinosaurs in Russia and Mongolia, 297-308
Peng J., Russell A. P., et al (2001) Vertebrate microsite assemblages (exclusive of mammals) from the Foremost and Oldman Formations of the Judith River Group (Campanian) of southeastern Alberta: an illustrated guide, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Natural History Occasional Paper 25, 1-54
Gardner J. D. (2012) Revision of Piceoerpeton MESZOELY (Caudata: Scapherpetontidae) and description of a new species from the late Maastrichtian and ? early Paleocene of western North America, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 183 6, 611-620
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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