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Scapherpeton

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Scapherpeton Cope p. 353
1902Scapherpeton Hay p. 424
1959Scapherpeton Auffenberg and Goin p. 5
1964Scapherpeton Estes p. 62
1969Scapherpeton Estes p. 231
1970Scapherpeton Estes and Berberian p. 4
1976Scapherpeton Estes p. 505
1981Scapherpeton Estes
1981Scapherpeton Naylor and Krause p. 516
1988Scapherpeton Carroll
1989Scapherpeton Bryant p. 32
1991Scapherpeton Sullivan p. 296
2001Scapherpeton Peng et al. p. 18
2012Scapherpeton Gardner
2013Scapherpeton DeMar, Jr.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
suborderAmbystomatoidea
familyScapherpetontidae()
genusScapherpeton

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Scapherpeton Cope 1876
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†Scapherpeton tectum Cope 1876
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Invalid names: Hedronchus sternbergii Cope 1876 [synonym], Hemitrypus jordanianus Cope 1876 [synonym], Scapherpeton excisum Cope 1876 [synonym], Scapherpeton favosum Cope 1876 [synonym], Scapherpeton laticolle Cope 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Torrejonian or 85.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections (166 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6USA (Utah) S. sp. (14389)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5USA (Utah) S. sp. (181388 181390)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) S. tectum (59714)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) S. tectum (14458)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) S. tectum (14463)
Judithian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) S. sp. (14467)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) S. sp. (75836)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) Hedronchus sternbergii (227125) S. sp. (98674 98677) S. tectum (22695 22696 22697 22698 34302 34303 34305 34307 34309 34310 34311 34312 34313 34315 34319 34320 34321 34322 45238 45260 45261 45262 45264 45671 45674 45822 45892 45893 45897 45898 45899 47784 47793 47807 47811 47812 47814 47816)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Utah) S. sp. (61844)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) S. sp. (181024) S. tectum (45240 45560 45561 45564 45565 45566 45567 45670 45820 47794 47795 47809)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) S. sp. (68003 212186)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) S. tectum (45819 45821 45894)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Saskatchewan) S. sp. (14494) S. tectum (229975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Montana) S. sp. (14490 23549 69161)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) S. sp. (34744)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Montana) S. tectum (85498 85499)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) S. tectum (45141 45312)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) S. sp. (135739 135740 135741 135743)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) S. sp. (14515 14560 14616) S. sp., S. tectum (14513) S. tectum (14508 14525 14533 14534 14535 14536 14546 14548 14549 14552 14559 14563 14574 14582 14613 14614 14615 14639 14653 14654 144499 192242)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) S. tectum (14640)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) S. sp. (14551) S. tectum (14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) S. tectum (14505 14514 14519 14524 14527 14538 14540 14557 14566 14570 14596)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) S. tectum (14537 192251)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) S. tectum (14610 14621)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) S. tectum (13142)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) S. tectum (14585 57161)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) S. sp. (157189 224484)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) S. tectum (45099 45102 45109 45110 45111 45112 45117 45118 45124 45130 45133 45136 45137 45144 45145)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) S. sp. (14555 35251) S. tectum (45675)
Pu166.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) S. sp. (14762)
Pu166.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) S. tectum (105890)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (North Dakota) S. tectum (192238)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Wyoming) S. tectum (14805)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) S. sp. (14737)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) S. tectum (14766 14798)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Montana) S. tectum (14874 14906)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9Canada (Alberta) S. sp. (14822)
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Wyoming) S. tectum (14886 14912)
Ti361.7 - 56.8Canada (Alberta) S. sp. (14992)
Ti461.7 - 56.8Canada (Saskatchewan) S. sp. (14978)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (Wyoming) S. tectum (15049 15065)
Tiffanian61.7 - 56.8USA (North Dakota) S. sp. (15000)