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| fossil_range = [[Maastrichtian]]-[[Eocene]]<br />
| taxon = Piceoerpeton<br />
| authority = Meszoely, 1967<br />
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*†''Piceoerpeton naylori''<br />
*†''Piceoerpeton willwoodense''<br />
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'''''Piceoerpeton''''' is an extinct [[genus]] of prehistoric [[amphibian]], containing species known from the latest Cretaceous (late [[Maastrichtian]]), Paleocene and Eocene of North America.<ref>{{cite journal |author=James D. Gardner |year=2012 |title=Revision of ''Piceoerpeton'' Meszoely (Caudata: Scapherpetontidae) and description of a new species from the late Maastrichtian and ?early Paleocene of western North America |journal=Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France |volume=183 |issue=6 |pages=611–620 |url=http://bsgf.geoscienceworld.org/content/183/6/611.abstract |doi=10.2113/gssgfbull.183.6.611|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It is one of the largest known salamanders at 1.8 metres, and would have approached the cryptobranchid ''Andrias'' in size. However, ''Piceoerpeton'' is unrelated to the Cryptobranchidae; instead it appears to be a member of the extinct family Scapherpetontidae.<br />
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==Species==<br />
''P. naylori'' is the smaller, earlier species, being found in Maastrichtian to early [[Paleocene]] strata of [[Wyoming]] and [[Montana]]. ''P. willwoodense'' is the larger, younger species, being found in late Paleocene strata of the Western Interior, and early Eocene strata of the Canadian Arctic.<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of prehistoric amphibians]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Late Cretaceous amphibians]]<br />
[[Category:Paleocene amphibians]]<br />
[[Category:Eocene amphibians]]<br />
[[Category:Eocene genus extinctions]]<br />
[[Category:Cenozoic salamanders]]<br />
[[Category:Cretaceous amphibians of North America]]<br />
[[Category:Maastrichtian genus first appearances]]<br />
[[Category:Paleogene amphibians of North America]]<br />
[[Category:Cretaceous salamanders]]<br />
[[Category:Prehistoric amphibian genera]]<br />
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