frogamander

English

Etymology

From blend of frog +‎ salamander.

Noun

frogamander (plural frogamanders)

  1. (paleontology) The extinct amphibamid Gerobatrachus.
    • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 14:
      This amphibian Abraham, aka the frogamander, lived during the early Permian but was only discovered in 2007, a fossil in Don's Dump Fish Quarry in Baylor County, Texas.
    • 2016, Melissa Shofner, Mariel Bard, Amphibian Fossils, page 21:
      The “frogamander” is still full of mystery as scientists work to figure out how and where it fits in the amphibian family tree.
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