Alternative spelling: Scapherpetonidae
Full reference: W. Auffenberg and C. J. Goin. 1959. The status of the salamander genera Scapherpeton and Hemitrypus of Cope. American Museum Novitates 1979:1-12
Parent taxon: Ambystomatoidea according to M. A. Shishkin 2000
See also Auffenberg and Goin 1959, Carroll 1988, Estes 1964, Estes 1965, Estes 1969, Estes 1981, Estes and Berberian 1970, Gardner 2012, Naylor and Krause 1981, Peng et al. 2001 and Sullivan 1991
Sister taxa: Ambystomatidae, Dicamptodontidae
Subtaxa: Eoscapherpetontinae Lisserpeton Piceoerpeton Scapherpeton
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), United States (1: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (3: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (5: Alberta, Saskatchewan), France (1), United States (22: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (72: Alberta, Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (97: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Uzbekistan (3)
• Jurassic of Portugal (1)
Total: 208 collections including 242 occurrences