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Celtedens ibericus

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae

Taxonomy
Celtedens ibericus was named by McGowan and Evans (1995). Its type specimen is LH 6020 A & B, a skeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Las Hoyas (MCCM collection), which is in a Barremian lacustrine - large limestone/packstone in the La Huérguina Formation of Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Celtedens ibericus McGowan and Evans
2000Celtedens ibericus Gardner p. 67
2002Celtedens ibericus McGowan p. 4
2005Celtedens ibericus Venczel and Gardner
2008Celtedens ibericus Gardner and Böhme p. 179
2020Celtedens ibericus Daza et al. p. 687

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
Lissamphibia()
familyAlbanerpetontidae
genusCeltedens
speciesibericus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Celtedens ibericus McGowan and Evans 1995
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. J. McGowan 2002As for the genus; plus frontal orbital margin differs from Celtedens megacephalusin being more curved anteriorly and less curved posteriorly. The interlacrimal width is wider in proportion to the base width than that of Celtedens megacephalus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 130.00000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Celtedens ibericus (type locality: 28006)