Nooxobeia


Nooxobeia is an extinct genus of dissorophid temnospondyl from the Early Permian of Oklahoma. The generic name is derived from the Arapaho word nooxobe, which means frog.

Taxonomy

Olson referred a complete dissorophid specimen from the Chickasha Formation of Oklahoma to Fayella chickashaensis based on cranial similarities to the holotype. However, in 2018, Gee, Scott and Reisz declared Fayella a nomen dubium and an indeterminate temnospondyl, and made UCLA VP 3066 the holotype of the new species Nooxobeia gracilis.