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| Superfamily: | Ambystomatoidea
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| Family: | Scapherpetontidae
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| Genus: | Lisserpeton
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Lisserpeton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander of the Hell Creek Formation.[1] Its closest living relatives are the mole salamanders.
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Distribution
Fossils of Lisserpeton have been found in
- Hell Creek Formation, Williston Basin[2]
- Laramie Formation, Colorado[3]
- Kaiparowits Formation, Utah
- Lance Formation, Wyoming[4]
- Canada
- Dinosaur Park Formation, Alberta
- Ravenscrag Formation, Saskatchewan
- Mexico
See also
References
- ^ Estes, Richard (1965). "A New Fossil Salamander from Montana and Wyoming". Copeia. 1965 (1): 90–95. doi:10.2307/1441245. ISSN 0045-8511. JSTOR 1441245.
- ^ Wilson, Gregory P.; DeMar, David G.; Carter, Grace (2014), "Extinction and survival of salamander and salamander-like amphibians across the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in northeastern Montana, USA", Through the End of the Cretaceous in the Type Locality of the Hell Creek Formation in Montana and Adjacent Areas, Geological Society of America, doi:10.1130/2014.2503(10), ISBN 978-0-8137-2503-1, retrieved 2022-12-21
- ^ Carpenter, Kenneth (1979). "Vertebrate fauna of the Laramie Formation (Maestrichtian), Weld County, Colorado". Contributions to Geology. 17 (1): 37–49 – via Research Gate.
- ^ Estes, Richard (1965-03-18). "A New Fossil Salamander from Montana and Wyoming". Copeia. 1965 (1): 90–95. doi:10.2307/1441245. JSTOR 1441245.
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