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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 ...
Index fossils must have a short vertical range, wide geographic distribution and rapid evolutionary trends. Another term, "zone fossil", is used when the fossil has all the characters stated above except wide geographical distribution; thus, they correlate the surrounding rock to a biozone rather than a specific time period.
Fossil orthoconic nautiloid from the Ordovician of Kentucky; an internal mold showing siphuncle and half-filled camerae, both encrusted.. Understanding of early cephalopod origins is by necessity biased by the available fossil material, which on the whole consists of shelly fossils.
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 ...
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 ...
This big cat is found much more rarely than the contemporary Smilodon. Within the species itself, more fossil specimens are thought to represent males. [28] Bobcat [29] [12] Lynx rufus: Bobcats are rare compared to other cats at La Brea. Van Valkenburgh suggests that they may have lived at the fringe of the predator community. Cougar [15] [30 ...
Gold miners are finding fossils and mummified animals from the Ice Age. Now paleontologists have an ancient wolf pup, a baby mammoth, and a squirrel ball.
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.