Lisserpeton Estes 1965 (salamander)

Amphibia - Caudata - Urodela

Full reference: R. Estes. 1965. A new fossil salamander from Montana and Wyoming. Copeia 1965(1):90-95

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

See also Bryant 1989, Carroll 1988, Estes 1965, Estes 1969, Estes 1976, Estes 1981, Estes and Berberian 1970, Gardner 2012 and Naylor and Krause 1981

Sister taxa: Eoscapherpetontinae, Piceoerpeton, Scapherpeton

Subtaxa: Lisserpeton bairdi

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of United States (8: Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming collections)

• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (18: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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