Scapherpeton tectum

Scapherpeton tectum

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ScapherpetonPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Temnospondyli
Life habit
aquaticPBDB
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Temnospondyli
Environment
freshwaterPBDB

Time the record covers

At least 11 million years on record.

The record covers at least 72.2 Mya to 60.9 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 83.6 Mya to 57.5 Mya.

Late Cretaceous — about 121 of 132 occurrencesLate CretaceousPaleocene — about 11 of 132 occurrencesPaleocene84–83 Mya — about 2 occurrences83–82 Mya — about 5 occurrences82–81 Mya — about 5 occurrences81–81 Mya — about 5 occurrences81–80 Mya — about 5 occurrences80–79 Mya — about 5 occurrences79–78 Mya — about 5 occurrences78–77 Mya — about 5 occurrences77–76 Mya — about 5 occurrences76–75 Mya — about 5 occurrences75–74 Mya — about 5 occurrences74–73 Mya — about 5 occurrences73–72 Mya — about 5 occurrences72–71 Mya — about 8 occurrences71–71 Mya — about 9 occurrences71–70 Mya — about 9 occurrences70–69 Mya — about 9 occurrences69–68 Mya — about 9 occurrences68–67 Mya — about 9 occurrences67–66 Mya — about 9 occurrences66–65 Mya — about 2 occurrences65–64 Mya — about 2 occurrences64–63 Mya — about 2 occurrences63–62 Mya — about 1 occurrence62–62 Mya — about 1 occurrence62–61 Mya — about 1 occurrence61–60 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences60–59 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences59–58 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences58–57 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences72.2 Mya60.9 Mya84.1 Mya57 Mya

132 occurrences of Scapherpeton tectum on record, most of them in the Late Cretaceous. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

132 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

12 formations

Hell Creek — 47.80°N, 106.10°WHell Creek — 46.03°N, 103.77°WHell Creek — 46.14°N, 103.80°WHell Creek — 46.21°N, 103.77°WHell Creek — 46.38°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 45.95°N, 103.96°WHell Creek — 46.10°N, 103.30°WHell Creek — 46.46°N, 104.02°WHell Creek — 46.33°N, 103.90°WHell Creek — 47.55°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 47.62°N, 107.32°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.98°WHell Creek — 47.57°N, 107.10°WHell Creek — 47.52°N, 106.40°WHell Creek — 47.58°N, 106.30°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 106.43°WHell Creek — 47.53°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.07°N, 106.92°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.23°WHell Creek — 46.90°N, 101.50°WHell Creek — 47.61°N, 106.90°WHell Creek — 47.60°N, 107.00°WHell Creek — 47.27°N, 107.13°WHell Creek — 45.50°N, 103.10°WHell Creek — 45.64°N, 103.49°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.40°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.51°WDinosaur Park — 49.12°N, 110.47°WDinosaur Park — 50.79°N, 111.62°WDinosaur Park — 50.75°N, 111.46°WDinosaur Park — 50.78°N, 111.33°WDinosaur Park — 49.96°N, 110.27°WDinosaur Park — 50.68°N, 108.09°WOldman — 50.75°N, 111.51°WOldman — 49.10°N, 110.94°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.84°WOldman — 49.08°N, 110.68°WOldman — 49.16°N, 110.72°WOldman — 50.83°N, 111.32°WLance — 43.30°N, 104.37°WLance — 43.12°N, 104.64°WLance — 41.57°N, 108.67°WLance — 43.18°N, 104.53°WLance — 43.15°N, 104.57°WLance — 43.13°N, 104.49°WLance — 43.25°N, 104.52°WLance — 43.00°N, 104.50°WFort Union — 45.80°N, 109.80°WFort Union — 44.91°N, 108.93°WFort Union — 43.85°N, 108.35°WFort Union — 46.05°N, 104.48°WFort Union — 47.60°N, 107.00°WFort Union — 46.43°N, 103.93°WFort Union — 46.33°N, 104.01°WFort Union — 41.30°N, 107.74°WForemost — 50.07°N, 111.14°WForemost — 49.13°N, 110.87°WFrenchman — 49.04°N, 106.60°WFrenchman — 49.30°N, 108.40°WLaramie — 40.39°N, 104.49°WMesaverde — 42.85°N, 107.28°WTullock — 47.80°N, 106.10°WFerris — 41.94°N, 106.88°WWapiti — 55.07°N, 118.69°W

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The named rock units Scapherpeton tectum has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 2 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Scapherpeton tectum and its relatives

Late Cretaceous

Where Scapherpeton tectum and its relatives were recorded in the Late Cretaceous.

Found in the same rock

681 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 131 sites for Scapherpeton tectum, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

27 references

Each of the 132 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 15 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Scapherpeton tectum

Source
iDigBio
Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itScapherpeton through timeFormations of the Late CretaceousThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Cope 1876