Lisserpeton

Lisserpeton
Temporal range: Maastrichtian-Lancian
~70–65 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: †Scapherpetontidae
Genus: †Lisserpeton
Estes, 1965

Lisserpeton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander of the Hell Creek Formation. Its closest living relatives are the mole salamanders.

Distribution

Fossils of Lisserpeton have been found in

Canada
Mexico

See also

References

  1. ↑ Estes, Richard (1965). "A New Fossil Salamander from Montana and Wyoming". Copeia. 1965 (1): 90–95. doi:10.2307/1441245. ISSN 0045-8511. JSTOR 1441245.
  2. ↑ Wilson, Gregory P.; DeMar, David G.; Carter, Grace (2014), "Extinction and survival of salamander and salamander-like amphibians across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in northeastern Montana, USA", Through the End of the Cretaceous in the Type Locality of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and Adjacent Areas, Geological Society of America, doi:10.1130/2014.2503(10), ISBN 978-0-8137-2503-1, retrieved 2022-12-21
  3. ↑ Carpenter, Kenneth (1979). "Vertebrate fauna of the Laramie Formation (Maestrichtian), Weld County, Colorado". Contributions to Geology. 17 (1): 37–49 – via Research Gate.
  4. ↑ Estes, Richard (1965-03-18). "A New Fossil Salamander from Montana and Wyoming". Copeia. 1965 (1): 90–95. doi:10.2307/1441245. JSTOR 1441245.