Prehistoric Beelzebufo frog ate small dinosaurs

A large, now extinct frog called Beelzebufo that lived about 68 million years ago in Madagascar would have been capable of eating small dinosaurs, researchers have found. The discovery came after researchers measured the bite force of South American horned frogs, known as Pacman frogs because of their round shape and large mouth. The study found that these frogs have similar bite forces to those of mammalian predators, and the extinct frog may have had a bite as strong as that of a wolf or female tiger. A large, extinct frog called Beelzebufo that lived 68 million years ago would have been capable of eating small dinosaurs. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, analyzed the bite force of South American horned frogs from the living genus Ceratophrys, which are thought to be very similar to the extinct Beelzebufo frog.