Eoscapherpeton is an extinct genus of giant salamander, known from the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia.[1][2][3][4][5] 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.[2]
| Eoscapherpeton Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Urodela |
| Family: | Cryptobranchidae |
| Genus: | †Eoscapherpeton Nessov, 1981 |
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| Eoscapherpeton asiaticum Nessov, 1981
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Fossilworks: Eoscapherpeton asiaticum".
- ^ "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database".
- ^ 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.
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