Fayella Olson 1965 (tetrapod)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Dissorophidae

Full reference: E. C. Olson. 1965. New Permian vertebrates from the Chickasha Formation in Oklahoma. Circular Oklahoma Geological Survey 70:1-70

Parent taxon: Dissorophidae according to R. R. Schoch and A. R. Milner 2014

See also Carroll 1988, Olson 1965 and Reisz and Laurin 2001

Sister taxa: Aspidosaurinae, Aspidosaurus peltatus, Attenosaurus, Broomichnium, Cacopinae, Cincosaurus, Cursipes, Dissorophinae, Eucacopinae, Iratusaurus, Nooxobeia, Notalacerta, Platyhistricinae, Stegops

Subtaxa: Fayella chickashaensis

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Type: Fayella chickashaensis

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at BC-7 (Chickasha Formation) (Permian of Oklahoma)

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