Celtedens Explained

Celtedens is an extinct genus of albanerpetontid amphibian from the Early Cretaceous of England, Spain, Sweden and Italy, and the Late Jurassic of Portugal.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

• †Celtedens ibericus McGowan and Evans 1995 La Huérguina Formation, Spain, Barremian
• †Celtedens megacephalus Costa 1864 Lulworth Formation, United Kingdom, Berriasian Pietraroja Plattenkalk, Italy, Albian
• Indeterminate remains attributed to the genus are also known from the Late Jurassic Alcobaça Formation and Lourinhã Formation of Portugal,^[3] as well as the earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Sweden.^[4]

Phylogeny

From Daza et al. 2020.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Gardner. J.D.. Evans, S.E. . Sigogneau-Russel, D. . New albanerpetontid amphibians from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco and Middle Jurassic of England. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 2003. 48. 2. 301–319.
2. Pereira, T., Mateus O., & Moreno-Azanza M. (2018). Fossil amphibians from Portugal. 1st Palaeontological Virtual Congress. online. https://docentes.fct.unl.pt/omateus/files/pereira_et_al_2018_amphibians_portugal.pdf
3. Guillaume . Alexandre R. D. . Natário . Carlos . Mateus . Octávio . Moreno-Azanza . Miguel . 2023-04-03 . Plasticity in the morphology of the fused frontals of Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia; Allocaudata) . Historical Biology . en . 35 . 4 . 537–554 . 10.1080/08912963.2022.2054712 . 0891-2963.
4. Rees. Jan. Evans. Susan E.. 2002-06-01. Amphibian remains from the Lower Cretaceous of Sweden: the first Scandinavian record of the enigmatic group Albanerpetontidae. GFF. 124. 2. 87–91. 10.1080/11035890201242087. 1103-5897.
5. Daza. Juan D.. Stanley. Edward L.. Bolet. Arnau. Bauer. Aaron M.. Arias. J. Salvador. Čerňanský. Andrej. Bevitt. Joseph J.. Wagner. Philipp. Evans. Susan E.. 2020-11-06. Enigmatic amphibians in mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like ballistic feeders. Science. en. 370. 6517. 687–691. 2020Sci...370..687D. 10.1126/science.abb6005. 0036-8075. 33154135. 226254862.