Celtedens

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Late Jurassic|Early Cretaceous}}

| image = Celtedens megacephalus.JPG

| image_caption = Fossil of Celtedens megacephalus

| image2 = Celtedens ibericus.svg

| image2_caption = Holotype specimen of Celtedens ibericus

| taxon = Celtedens

| authority = McGowan and Evans, 1995

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * {{extinct}}C. megacephalus (Costa, 1864 originallyTriton megacephalus) (type)

{{extinct}}C. ibericus McGowan and Evans, 1995

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Celtedens is an extinct genus of albanerpetontid amphibian from the Early Cretaceous of England, Spain, Sweden and Italy, and the Late Jurassic of Portugal.{{cite journal|last=Gardner|first=J.D.|author2=Evans, S.E. |author3= Sigogneau-Russel, D. |title=New albanerpetontid amphibians from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco and Middle Jurassic of England|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica|year=2003|volume=48|issue=2|pages=301–319|url=http://www.app.pan.pl/archive/published/app48/app48-301.pdf}}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

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,{{Cite journal |last1=Guillaume |first1=Alexandre R. D. |last2=Natário |first2=Carlos |last3=Mateus |first3=Octávio |last4=Moreno-Azanza |first4=Miguel |date=2023-04-03 |title=Plasticity in the morphology of the fused frontals of Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia; Allocaudata) |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2022.2054712 |journal=Historical Biology |language=en |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=537–554 |doi=10.1080/08912963.2022.2054712 |bibcode=2023HBio...35..537G |issn=0891-2963}} as well as the earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Sweden.{{Cite journal|last1=Rees|first1=Jan|last2=Evans|first2=Susan E.|date=2002-06-01|title=Amphibian remains from the Lower Cretaceous of Sweden: the first Scandinavian record of the enigmatic group Albanerpetontidae|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/11035890201242087|journal=GFF|volume=124|issue=2|pages=87–91|doi=10.1080/11035890201242087|bibcode=2002GFF...124...87R |issn=1103-5897|url-access=subscription}}

Phylogeny

From Daza et al. 2020.{{Cite journal|last1=Daza|first1=Juan D.|last2=Stanley|first2=Edward L.|last3=Bolet|first3=Arnau|last4=Bauer|first4=Aaron M.|last5=Arias|first5=J. Salvador|last6=Čerňanský|first6=Andrej|last7=Bevitt|first7=Joseph J.|last8=Wagner|first8=Philipp|last9=Evans|first9=Susan E.|date=2020-11-06|title=Enigmatic amphibians in mid-Cretaceous amber were chameleon-like ballistic feeders|url=https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abb6005|journal=Science|language=en|volume=370|issue=6517|pages=687–691|bibcode=2020Sci...370..687D|doi=10.1126/science.abb6005|issn=0036-8075|pmid=33154135|s2cid=226254862|hdl=11336/141945|hdl-access=free}}{{clade|{{clade

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