Eoscapherpeton superum Nessov 1997 (hellbender)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: L. A. Nessov. 1997. Nemorskiye Pozvonochnyye Melovogo Perioda Severnoy Yevrazii [Cretaceous Non-Marine Vertebrates of Northern Eurasia] 1-218

Belongs to Eoscapherpeton according to M. A. Shishkin 2000

See also Nessov 1997

Sister taxon: Eoscapherpeton asiaticum

Type specimen: CCMGE 232/12177. Its type locality is Kansai, FKA-7a, which is in a Santonian fluvial-deltaic horizon in the Yalovach Formation of Tajikistan.

Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kansai, FKA-7a

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