PBDB Collection

Crato (WDC collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Ceará, Brazil (7.1° S, 39.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° S, 8.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Crato Formation (Santana Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified carbonate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by Burckhard Pohl

• Collection at Wyoming Dinosaur Center

Primary reference: R. Jattiot, G. Bechly, R. Garrouste and A. Nel. 2012. An enigmatic Nepoidea from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Cretaceous Research 34:344-347 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122918: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
Dicondylia -	Odonata indet.¹ Odonata indet.¹ Fabricius 1793 dragonfly WDC 106 (old MSF Z52)
Odonata - Magnathemidae	Magnathemis marcusthorhalli n. gen. n. sp.¹ Magnathemis marcusthorhalli n. gen. n. sp.¹ Bechly 2010 true dragonfly WDC 105 (old MSF Z43)
Odonata - Cretapetaluridae	Cratopetalura petruleviciusi n. gen. n. sp.¹ Cratopetalura petruleviciusi n. gen. n. sp.¹ Nel and Bechly 2009 true dragonfly WDC CCFB-5
Odonata - Araripegomphidae	Araripegomphus andreneli¹ Araripegomphus andreneli¹ Bechly 1998 true dragonfly
Odonata - Stenophlebiidae	Cratostenophlebia schwickerti n. gen. n. sp.¹ Cratostenophlebia schwickerti n. gen. n. sp.¹ Bechly 2007 dragonfly WDC 136, 137 (formerly MSF Z109, Z110)
Odonata - Thaumatoneuridae	Euarchistigma peterknobli¹, Euarchistigma atrophium¹ Euarchistigma peterknobli¹ Bechly 2010 damselfly WDC 132 Euarchistigma atrophium¹ Carle and Wighton 1990 damselfly WDC 133
Hemiptera -	Cratonepa enigmatica Cratonepa enigmatica Jattiot et al. 2012 true bug WDC 107-399
Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae	"Ponopterix burkhardi n. sp." = Umenopterix burkhardi⁷ "Ponopterix burkhardi n. sp." = Umenopterix burkhardi⁷ Nel et al. 2014 winged insect WDC-CCFB-8
Hymenoptera - Scoliidae	Araripescolia magnifica n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Araripescolia magnifica n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Nel et al. 2013 wasp WDC-CCFB-7
Neuroptera - Nymphidae	Rafaelnymphes cratoensis n. gen. n. sp.³ Rafaelnymphes cratoensis n. gen. n. sp.³ Myskowiak et al. 2016 split-footed lacewing WDC-CCFB-9
Neuroptera - Rafaelianidae	"Rafaelia maxima n. gen. n. sp." = Rafaeliana maxima⁵ "Rafaelia maxima n. gen. n. sp." = Rafaeliana maxima⁵ Nel et al. 2005 lacewing WDC-CCFB-001 & WDC-CCFB-002
Neuroptera - Myrmeleontoidae	Baisopardus escuilliei n. sp.⁴ Baisopardus escuilliei n. sp.⁴ Myskowiak and Nel 2016 lacewing WDC-CCFB-10
Neuroptera - Cratosmylidae	Cratosmylus magnificus n. gen. n. sp.² Cratosmylus magnificus n. gen. n. sp.² Myskowiak et al. 2015 lacewing WDC-CCFB-8

¹Bechly 2010; ²Myskowiak et al. 2015; ³Myskowiak et al. 2016; ⁴Myskowiak and Nel 2016; ⁵Nel et al. 2005; ⁶Nel et al. 2013; ⁷Nel et al. 2014