Beelzebufo

Beelzebufo ampinga

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anura

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Amphibia Subclassis: Lissamphibia Ordo: Anura

Familia: Ceratophryidae
Subfamilia: Ceratophryinae
Genus: †Beelzebufo
Species: B. ampinga

Name

Beelzebufo Evans, Jones & Krause, 2008

References

• Evans, S.E.; Jones, M.E.H.; Krause, D.W. 2008: A giant frog with South American affinities from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105: 2951–2956. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0707599105
• Evans, S.E. et al. 2014: New material of Beelzebufo, a hyperossified frog (Amphibia: Anura) from the Late Cretaceous of Madagascar. PLoS ONE, 9(1): e87236. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087236
• Ruane, S.; Pyron, R.A.; Burbrink, F.T. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of the Cretaceous frog Beelzebufo from Madagascar and the placement of fossil constraints based on temporal and phylogenetic evidence. Journal of evolutionary biology, 24 (2): 274–285. DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2010.02164.x

Vernacular names

English: Devil toad