Named By: | G. McGowan & S. E. Evans in 1995 |
Time Period: | Late Jurassic - Late Cretaceous |
Location: | England - Lulworth Formation, Worbarrow Tout Member. Portugal - Alcobaca Formation. Spain - Castellar Formation, El Castellar Formation, La Huerguina Formation. Sweden - Annero Formation |
Size: | Around 4.5 centimetres long for C. megacephalus, 9 centimetres long for C. ibericus |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Many individuals, at least one of which shows soft tissue impressions |
Classification: | | Chordata | Amphibia | Allocaudata | Albanerpetontidae | |
Also known as: | | Albanerpeton megacephalus | Heteroclitotriton megacephalus | Triton megacephalus | Triturus megacephalus | |
Celtedens is an extinct genus of albanerpetontid amphibian from the Late Cretaceous of Spain, Early Cretaceous of England, and the Late Jurassic of Portugal.