The genus has been considered a nomen dubium by some authors due to the poor preservation of the holotype specimen.

[4] Fossil frogs are rarely found as multiple articulated skeletons, therefore the discovery of this taxon has provided important insight into anuran evolution.

[5] [6] The holotype, IVPP V11525, is known from a nearly complete skeleton exposed in a dorsal view on a shale slab.

[7] It differs morphologically in many respects from all other discoglossoids, including the number of presacral vertebrae (9 instead of the usual 8) and other primitive characters.

The hind limbs are remarkably well-preserved and are slenderly built, with an approximate total length of 116 millimetres (4.6 in).