Beelzebufo Evans et al. 2008 (frog)

Amphibia - Salientia

Full reference: S. E. Evans, M. E. H. Jones, and D. W. Krause. 2008. A giant frog with South American affinities from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(8):2951-2956

Parent taxon: Hyloidea according to S. E. Evans et al. 2014

See also Agnolin 2012 and Evans et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Hylidae, Leptodactylidae, Myobatrachidae

Subtaxa: Beelzebufo ampinga

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Ecology: amphibious carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (27 collections)

Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence

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