Lisserpeton

Lisserpeton Temporal range: Maastrichtian-Lancian ~70–65  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Urodela
Family:	† Scapherpetontidae
Genus:	† Lisserpeton Estes, 1965

Lisserpeton is an extinct genus of prehistoric salamander of the Hell Creek Formation. ^[1] Its closest living relatives are the mole salamanders.

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

• Cerro del Pueblo Formation

See also

• Prehistoric amphibian
• List of prehistoric amphibians

References

1. 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.
2. 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
3. Carpenter, Kenneth (1979). "Vertebrate fauna of the Laramie Formation (Maestrichtian), Weld County, Colorado". Contributions to Geology. 17 (1): 37–49 – via Research Gate.
4. Estes, Richard (1965-03-18). "A New Fossil Salamander from Montana and Wyoming" . Copeia. 1965 (1): 90–95. doi:10.2307/1441245. JSTOR   1441245.