Celtedens

{{Short description|Extinct genus of amphibians}} {{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'' <small>(Costa, 1864 originally''Triton megacephalus'') (type)</small> * {{extinct}}''C. ibericus'' <small>McGowan and Evans, 1995</small> }}

'''''Celtedens''''' is an extinct genus of albanerpetontid amphibian from the Early Cretaceous of England, Spain, Sweden and Italy, and the Late Jurassic of Portugal.<ref name=GESR03>{{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}}</ref><ref>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</ref>

== 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,<ref>{{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}}</ref> as well as the earliest Cretaceous (Berriasian) of Sweden.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Phylogeny == From Daza et al. 2020.<ref name=":1">{{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|url-access=subscription}}</ref>{{clade|{{clade |label1= |1=''Anoualerpeton'' |label2= |2={{clade |1='''''Celtedens''''' |label1= |label2= |2={{clade |1=Uña taxon |label2= |2={{clade |1=''Wesserpeton'' |label2= |2={{clade |1=''Albanerpeton arthridion'' |label2= |2={{clade |1=''Albanerpeton gracilis'' + ''Albanerpeton galaktion'' |label2= |2={{clade |1=''Albanerpeton cifellii'' |label2= |2={{clade |1=''Yaksha'' |label2= |2={{clade |1=''Shirerpeton'' |label2= |2={{clade |1=''Albanerpeton nexuosum'' |label2= |2={{clade |1=''Albanerpeton pannonicum'' |2={{clade |1=Paskapoo sp |2=''Albanerpeton inexpectatum'' }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}|label1=}}

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Category:Albanerpetontidae Category:Prehistoric amphibian genera Category:Cretaceous amphibians of Europe Category:Jurassic amphibians of Europe Category:Cretaceous Spain Category:Fossils of Spain Category:La Huérguina Formation Category:Fossil taxa described in 1995 Category:Taxa named by Susan E. Evans