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351 / Mesozoic
Beelzebufo
Beelzebufo ampinga
A broad skull and massive body made it one of the largest known frogs.
View original image · 1600 × 1067- Time range
- About 70–66 million years ago
- Final stage
- End of the Cretaceous
- Geographic range
- Seasonal floodplain · Madagascar
01 / DEFINITION & ECOLOGY
What was Beelzebufo?
Beelzebufo (Beelzebufo ampinga) was an extinct organism known from About 70–66 million years ago, with a range in Seasonal floodplain · Madagascar.
Life and ecology
This distant relative of horned frogs waited on the ground for large invertebrates and small vertebrates.
02 / DISAPPEARANCE
Why did Beelzebufo disappear?
Its Late Cretaceous record does not establish when or why its lineage disappeared; environmental and community turnover is possible context.
03 / EVIDENCE
How do scientists know about Beelzebufo?
Skull, vertebral and limb material define its wide mouth and powerful build; skin colors remain reconstructed.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Rewrote an extinction cause that presented environmental or faunal turnover as established; it is now given as context the record does not prove.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS