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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 ...
The first is somewhat toad-like and can often be found on land. The second is smoother and more frog-like, preferring the water. [7] The third genus was until recently considered extinct, and is represented by the recently rediscovered Hula painted frog. All of the species have pond-dwelling tadpoles.
Kermit the Frog meet Kermitops gratus, the most recent ancient amphibian to be identified after examination of a tiny fossilized skull that once sat unstudied in the Smithsonian fossil collection ...
In biology, an identification key, taxonomic key, or frequently just key, is a printed or computer-aided device that aids in the identification of biological organisms. Historically, the most common type of identification key is the dichotomous key , a type of single-access key which offers a fixed sequence of identification steps, each with ...
Scientists in Argentina have discovered excellently preserved fossil remains of the oldest-known tadpole, the larval stage of a large frog species that lived alongside dinosaurs about 161 million ...
Indobatrachus (Greek for "Indian frog") is an extinct genus of frog known from the Early Paleocene of India. [1] [2] It contains a single species, Indobatrachus pusillus.Two other species, I. trivialis and I. malabaricus, were also previously described, but these have since been synonymized with I. pusillus.
A fossil preparator handles fossils found in Petrified Forest National Park at the museum's demonstration lab. Visitors are not allowed to take fossils from the park.
Fossil of the Ordovician-Silurian tabulate coral Catenipora †Catenipora †Catenipora workmanae – type locality for species †Catenispongia – type locality for genus †Catenispongia agaricus – type locality for species †Cathaysiopteris †Cathaysiopteris yochelsonii – type locality for species †Catoraphiceras †Cavellina