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Eoscapherpeton

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Extinct genus of amphibians

Eoscapherpeton
Temporal range: Late CretaceousCenomanian–Campanian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Urodela
Family: Cryptobranchidae
Genus: †Eoscapherpeton
Nessov, 1981
Type species
Eoscapherpeton asiaticum
Nessov, 1981
Synonyms
  • Mynbulakia Nessov, 1981

Eoscapherpeton is an extinct genus of giant salamander, known from the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia. Fossils have been found in the Cenomanian aged Khodzhakul Formation and Dzharakuduk Formation, Turonian aged Bissekty Formation and the Coniacian-Santonian aged Aitym Formation of Uzbekistan, the Santonian aged Yalovach Formation of Tajikistan, and the Santonian-lower Campanian aged Bostobe Formation and Campanian aged Darbasa Formation of Kazakhstan.

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References

  1. Pavel Skutschas; Veniamin Kolchanov; Elizaveta Boitsova; Ivan Kuzmin (2018). "Osseous anomalies of the cryptobranchid Eoscapherpeton asiaticum (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Fossil Record. 21 (1): 159–169. Bibcode:2018FossR..21..159S. doi:10.5194/fr-21-159-2018.
  2. ^ Pavel P. Skutschas; Pavel G. Saburov; Elizaveta A. Boitsova; Veniamin V. Kolchanov (2019). "Ontogenetic changes in long-bone histology of the cryptobranchid Eoscapherpeton asiaticum (Amphibia: Caudata) from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 18 (3): 306–316. Bibcode:2019CRPal..18..306S. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2019.02.002.
  3. "Fossilworks: Eoscapherpeton asiaticum".
  4. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database".
  5. Skutschas, Pavel P. (2009). "Re-evaluation ofMynbulakia Nesov, 1981 (Lissamphibia: Caudata) and description of a new salamander genus from the Late Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (3): 659–664. Bibcode:2009JVPal..29..659S. doi:10.1671/039.029.0326. S2CID 85024012.
Taxon identifiers
Eoscapherpeton


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