Celtedens

Kel-te-dens.
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Claire Morris

Marine Paleontologist

Claire Morris has dedicated her career to exploring the depths of prehistoric oceans. Her fascination with ancient marine life has led her to discover significant fossils that illuminate the evolution of early sea creatures.

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Name

Celtedens ‭(‬Celtes teeth‭)‬.

Phonetic

Kel-te-dens.

Named By

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Amphibia,‭ ‬Allocaudata,‭ ‬Albanerpetontidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

C.‭ ‬megacephalus‭

Size

Around‭ ‬4.5‭ ‬centimetres long for C.‭ ‬megacephalus,‭ ‬9‭ ‬centimetres long for C.‭ ‬ibericus.

Known locations

England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lulworth Formation,‭ ‬Worbarrow Tout Member.‭ ‬Portugal‭ ‬-‭ ‬Alcoba�a Formation.‭ ‬Spain‭ ‬-‭ ‬Castellar Formation,‭ ‬El Castellar Formation,‭ ‬La Hu�rguina Formation.‭ ‬Sweden‭ ‬-‭ ‬Annero Formation.

Time Period

Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic through to the Albian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Many individuals,‭ ‬at least one of which shows soft‭ ‬tissue impressions.

In Depth

       Celtedens is a genus of small albanerpetontid amphibian that lived in Europe during the early Cretaceous.‭ ‬Though the full known age range of the genus extends from the‭ ‬Kimmeridgian of the Jurassic to‭ ‬the Albian of the Cretaceous,‭ ‬most fossils are known from early Cretaceous rocks of the Berriasian and Barremian stages.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Albanerpetontid amphibians from the Cretaceous of Spain.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Nature‭ ‬373:143-145‭ ‬-‭ ‬G.‭ ‬McGowan‭ & ‬S.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Evans.‭ ‬1995. -‭ ‬New albanerpetontid amphibians from the Early Cretaceous of Morocco and Middle Jurassic of England‭ ‬-‭ ‬Acta Palaeontologica Polonica‭ ‬48‭ (‬2‭)‬:‭ ‬301‭–‬319.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬D.‭ ‬Gardner,‭ ‬S.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Evans‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬Sigogneau-Russel‭ ‬-‭ ‬2003.

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