Fayella


Fayella is an extinct genus of dubious temnospondyl from the Early Permian of Oklahoma.

Taxonomy

The holotype of Fayella chickashaensis, FMNH UR 1004, comprises a brain case with part of basicraium, basipterygoid processes, and part of otic complex. It was found in the Chickasha Formation of Oklahoma. Olson referred a complete specimen to Fayella based on cranial similarities. However, Gee et al. declared Fayella a nomen dubium, assigning it to Temnospondyli indeterminate and coining Nooxobeia for UCLA VP 3066, which is definitely a dissorophid.