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Beelzebufo (/ b iː ˌ ɛ l z ɪ ˈ b juː f oʊ / or / ˌ b iː l z ə ˈ b juː f oʊ /) 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 ...
This is a list of North American animals extinct in the Holocene that covers extinctions from the Holocene epoch, a geologic epoch that began about 11,650 years before present (about 9700 BCE) [A] and continues to the present day. [1] Recently extinct animals in the West Indies and Hawaii are in their own respective lists.
Fossils of the Late Devonian-Permian fern-like fronds Pecopteris †Pecopteris †Pecopteris arborescens †Pentremites †Pentremites laminatus †Pentremites tulipaformis †Petalodus – tentative report †Pinnularia †Platyceras †Platycrinites †Rachis; Fossilized stump of the Carboniferous-Permian club moss relative Sigillaria ...
A living Hyla gratiosa, or barking tree frog †Hyla gratiosa; Hylocichla – or unidentified comparable form †Hylocichla mustelina; Hyotissa †Hypohippus †Hypolagus; Ictalurus †Ictalurus catus – or unidentified comparable form; Ilex †Ilex glabra; Ilyanassa; Fossilized skull of the Miocene bear Indarctos †Indarctos †Inodrillia ...
Tailed frog size compared to a dime. The existence of the visible "tail" appendage makes this frog family distinct from all other frogs. It is usually classified in the ancient frog suborder Archaeobatrachia and further organized into a basal clade with Leiopelma that is considered a sister taxon to all other frogs. [7]
This week, meet an ancient dolphin that was twice the size of a human, learn how to photograph the total eclipse, uncover George Washington’s relatives, and more. ‘It’s a dolphin!’:
This list of the prehistoric life of Ohio contains the various prehistoric life-forms whose fossilized remains have been reported from within the US state of Ohio. Precambrian [ edit ]
A 2020 study used fossil mammal teeth as a proxy to estimate the ancient climate conditions of the Gray Fossil Site, estimating a mean annual temperature of 16.8 °C, or 62.2 °F (similar to modern-day Atlanta, GA), and an annual precipitation of 1,343mm, or 52.9in (similar to modern-day Tampa, FL), with the minimum temperature of the coldest ...