Beelzebufo Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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Skeleton cast, University of Michigan Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Amphibia |
Order: | Anura |
Superfamily: | Hyloidea |
Genus: | †Beelzebufo Evans, Jones, & Krause, 2008 |
Type species | |
†Beelzebufo ampinga Evans, Jones, & Krause, 2008
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Beelzebufo (/biːˌɛlzɪˈbjuːfoʊ/ or /ˌbiːlzəˈbjuːfoʊ/) is an extinct genus of hyloid frog from the Late Cretaceous Berivotra and Maevarano Formations of Madagascar.[1] The type species is B. ampinga, and common names assigned by the popular media to B. ampinga include devil frog,[2] devil toad,[3] and the frog from hell.[4]
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