Beelzebufo
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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,[1] devil toad,[2] and the frog from hell.[3]
Beelzebufo | |
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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 | |
Species | |
†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, it is assumed to have lived 66-70 million years ago.[4] 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.[5]