Beelzebufo
Beelzebufo (/biːˌɛlzɪˈbjuːfoʊ/ or /ˌbiːlzəˈbjuːfoʊ/) is a particularly large species of prehistoric frog described in 2008. Common names assigned by the popular media include devil frog, devil toad, and the frog from hell.
| Beelzebufo Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Three-dimensional digital reconstruction, with blue and light gray representing known fossils | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Anura |
| Suborder: | Neobatrachia |
| Genus: | †Beelzebufo Evans, Jones, & Krause, 2008 |
| Type species | |
| †Beelzebufo ampinga Evans, Jones, & Krause, 2008 | |
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†B. ampinga Evans, Jones, & Krause, 2008 | |
Fossils of Beelzebufo have been recovered from strata of the Maevarano Formation in Madagascar, dating to the late Cretaceous period, its assumed to have lived 66-70 million years ago. It is considered to be closely related to Baurubatrachus from the Late Cretaceous of Brazil, with both possibly being close relatives, though not members of, the extant South American frog family Ceratophryidae.
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