- of the
Christian Devil) and bufo (Latin for "toad"). The
specific name
ampinga means "shield" in Malagasy. Some 75
fossil isolated partial bones have...
- from the
Early Cretaceous to the late Pliocene. †Beelzebufo †Beelzebufo
ampinga 70 Ma
Maevarano Formation,
Mahajanga Province,
Madagascar A
horned frog...
- snout-to-vent-length (SVL) of 20 cm (7.9 in). However, the toad
Beelzebufo ampinga,
found in
fossil from the
Cretaceous era in what is now Madagascar, was...
- area).
Animals found in the
formation include frogs (including
Beelzebufo ampinga), turtles, snakes, lizards, at
least seven species of
crocodyliforms (including...
- The
following fossils have been
reported from the formation:
Beelzebufo ampinga Cretolamna appendiculata, C.
maroccana Serratolamna serrata Squalicorax...
-
famous for his
discoveries of
Majungasaurus crenatissimus and
Beezlebufo ampinga.
Rapetosaurus krausei,
another dinosaur from Madagascar, is
named in his...
- the
evolutionary relationships of the
giant prehistoric frog
Beelzebufo ampinga that was
discovered by Dr
David Krause of
Stony Brook University. Professor...
- for
estimating the bite
force in the Late
Cretaceous species Beelzebufo ampinga is
published by
Lappin et al. (2017). Frog fossils,
including the first...
