Alternative combination: Piceoerpeton willwoodensis
Full reference: C. A. M. Meszoely. 1967. A new cryptobranchid salamander from the Early Eocene of Wyoming. Copeia 1967(2):346-349
Belongs to Piceoerpeton according to J. D. Gardner 2012
See also Estes 1981, Meszoely 1967 and Naylor and Krause 1981
Sister taxon: Piceoerpeton naylori
Type specimen: YPM (PU) 18021, a set of vertebrae (trunk vertebra). Its type locality is Piceoerpeton willwoodense type locality, which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories collection), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (6: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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