Piceoerpeton

Py-ce-o-er-pe-ton.
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John Stewart

Paleoecologist

John Stewart is a distinguished paleoecologist whose work has significantly advanced our understanding of prehistoric ecosystems. With over two decades dedicated to unearthing fossils across Asia and Africa

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Name

Piceoerpeton.

Phonetic

Py-ce-o-er-pe-ton.

Named By

C. A. M. Meszoely - 1967.

Classification

Chordata, Amphibia, Caudata, Scapherpetontidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

P. willwoodense

Size

Possibly up to 1.8 meters long.

Known locations

Canada, Alberta - Paskapoo Formation, Northwest Territories - Margaret Formation, Saskatchewan - Ravenscrag Formation. USA, Montana - Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota - Bullion Creek Formation, Hell Creek Formation, Slope Formation, Wyoming - Fort Union Formation, Lance Formation, Polecat Bench Formation, Willwood Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous through to the early Eocene.

Fossil representation

Many specimens.

In Depth

       Piceoerpeton was a genus of large prehistoric salamander that that lived in North America from the late Creaceous to the early Eocene.

Further Reading

A new cryptobranchid salamander from the Early Eocene of Wyoming. – Copeia 1967(2):346-349 – C. A. M. Meszoely – 1967. – Revision of Piceoerpeton Meszoely (Caudata: Scapherpetontidae) and description of a new species from the late Maastrichtian and ?early Paleocene of western North America. – Bulletin de la Soci�t� G�ologique de France. 183 (6): 611–620. – James D. Gardner – 2012.

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