Piceoerpeton Meszoely 1967 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: C. A. M. Meszoely. 1967. A new cryptobranchid salamander from the Early Eocene of Wyoming. Copeia 1967(2):346-349

Parent taxon: Scapherpetontidae according to D. G. DeMar 2013

See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Estes 1969, Estes 1981, Gardner 2012 and Naylor and Krause 1981

Sister taxa: Eoscapherpetontinae, Lisserpeton, Scapherpeton

Subtaxa: Piceoerpeton naylori Piceoerpeton willwoodense

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Type: Piceoerpeton willwoodense

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)

• Cretaceous of United States (6: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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