Crato (ZSM collection): Late/Upper Aptian, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
- Cicindelidae
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Oxycheilopsis cretacicus n. gen., n. sp.
Cassola and Werner 2004
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Ceará |
| Coordinates: | 7.1° South, 39.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 8.6° South, 8.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.50000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "carbonate" | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Zoologische Staatssammlung München | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 152185 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-11-10 19:40:05 | Last modified: | 2022-03-15 07:24:58 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-11-10 19:40:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 48886. | F. Cassola and K. Werner. 2004. A fossil tiger beetle specimen from the Brazilian Mesozoic: Oxycheilopsis cretacicus n. gen., n. sp. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 94:75-81 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |