Celtedens

Celtedens
Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous
Fossil of Celtedens megacephalus
Holotype specimen of Celtedens ibericus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Allocaudata
Family: Albanerpetontidae
Genus: Celtedens
McGowan and Evans, 1995
Species
  • C. megacephalus (Costa, 1864 originallyTriton megacephalus) (type)
  • C. ibericus McGowan and Evans, 1995

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]

  1. ^ Gardner, J.D.; Evans, S.E.; Sigogneau-Russel, D. (2003). "New albanerpetontid amphibians from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco and Middle Jurassic of England" (PDF). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 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