Oumtkoutia

Oumtkoutia
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Pipidae
Genus: †Oumtkoutia
Species:
†O. anae
Binomial name
†Oumtkoutia anae
Rage and Dutheil, 2008

Oumtkoutia is an extinct monotypic genus of pipid frog that lived in North Africa during the Cenomanian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.[1]

Distribution

The type species of the genus, Oumtkoutia anae, hails from the Kem Kem Group of Morocco, specifically from fossil deposits dating to the Cenomanian stage.[2]

References

  1. ^ "PBDB Taxon". Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  2. ^ Rage, Jean-Claude; Dutheil, Didier B. (14 October 2008). "Amphibians and squamates from the cretaceous (Cenomanian) of Morocco - A preliminary study, with description of a new genus of pipid frog". Palaeontographica Abteilung A. 285 (1–3): 1–22. doi:10.1127/pala/285/2008/1. ISSN 0375-0442. Retrieved 17 January 2026 – via Schweizerbart Science Publishers.
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