Crato, Pedra Branca Quarry (Martins-Neto collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nova Olinda Member (Crato Formation), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 112.0 Ma)

• Formerly considered to be Crato Member of Santana Formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified lime mudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Sociedade Brasileira de Paleoartropodologia, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil (RGMN collection)

Primary reference: R. G. Martins-Neto. 2003. Systematics of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthopteroidea) from the Santana Formation, Araripe Basin (Lower Cretaceous, northeast Brazil), with a description of new genera and species. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 46(Suppl):205-228 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104659: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.02.2011, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Orthoptera - Mimnermidae
Euclydes ramosfernandesi n. gen. n. sp.3
Euclydes ramosfernandesi n. gen. n. sp.3 Martins-Neto 2007 grasshopper
RGMN-501
 Orthoptera - Schizodactylidae
"Brauckmannia groeningae n. gen. n. sp." = Schizodactylus groeningae3
"Brauckmannia groeningae n. gen. n. sp." = Schizodactylus groeningae3 Martins-Neto 2007 splay-footed cricket
RGMN-500
 Orthoptera - Prezottophlebiidae
Prezotophlebia helbae n. gen. n. sp.3
Prezotophlebia helbae n. gen. n. sp.3 Martins-Neto 2007 grasshopper
RGMN-511
 Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
Locustrix gallegoi n. gen. n. sp. Martins-Neto 2003 grasshopper
RGMN-T128
Locustrix audax n. sp. Martins-Neto 2003 grasshopper
RGMN-T129
Cratolocustopsis contumax n. sp. Martins-Neto 2003 grasshopper
RGMN-T113
Cratozeunerella titanella n. sp. Martins-Neto 2003 grasshopper
RGMN-T127, T120
Cratozeunerella soaresi n. sp. Martins-Neto 2003 grasshopper
RGMN-T118
Cratozeunerella nervosa n. sp. Martins-Neto 2003 grasshopper
RGMN-T126
Cratozeunerella godoii n. sp. Martins-Neto 2003 grasshopper
RGMN-T125
Zessinia sp. Martins-Neto 1990 grasshopper
RGMN-T114; Nymph
Zessinia caririensis Martins-Neto 1990 grasshopper
RGMN-T115, T122, 124, 130
Zessinia vikingi n. sp. Martins-Neto 2003 grasshopper
RGMN-T119, T123, 121, 131
Zessinia petruleviciusi n. sp. Martins-Neto 2003 grasshopper
RGMN-T116, T117
 Blattodea -
"Nordestinatermes obesa n. gen. n. sp." = Nordestinatermes obesus5, "Araripetermes nativa n. gen. n. sp." = Araripetermes nativus5, Caatingatermes megacephalus n. gen. n. sp.5
"Nordestinatermes obesa n. gen. n. sp." = Nordestinatermes obesus5 Martins-Neto et al. 2006 termite
RGMN-T149
"Araripetermes nativa n. gen. n. sp." = Araripetermes nativus5 Martins-Neto et al. 2006 termite
RGMN-T148
Caatingatermes megacephalus n. gen. n. sp.5 Martins-Neto et al. 2006 termite
RGMN-T147
 Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
"Paranoika placida n. gen. n. sp." = Lethocerus placidus6
"Paranoika placida n. gen. n. sp." = Lethocerus placidus6 Zamboni et al. 2002 giant water bug
RGMN-T083 (now Museu Placido Cidade Nuvens MPSC I 217)
 Hymenoptera - Sepulcidae
"Prosyntexis legitima n. sp." = Prosyntexis gouleti4
"Prosyntexis legitima n. sp." = Prosyntexis gouleti4 Sharkey 1990 stem sawfly
RGMN-T139
 Raphidioptera -
? Caririraphidia reticulata n. sp.2 Martins-Neto 2002 snakefly
RGMN-T-163
 Neuroptera - Mesochrysopidae
Caririchrysa skulda2 Martins-Neto 2002 lacewing
RGMN-T-008
 Neuroptera - Myrmeleontoidae
Cratoneura dividens2 Martins-Neto 1994 lacewing
RGMN-T-010, 012, 013
 Neuroptera - Nemopteridae
Roesleriana sp.2 Martins-Neto 1997 thread-winged antlion
RGMN-T-1566
Cratonemopteryx speciosa2 Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1997 thread-winged antlion
RGMN-T-164
 Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
"Palaeobaetodes costalimai" = Protoligoneuria limai1, "Palaeobaetodes britoi" = Protoligoneuria limai1
"Palaeobaetodes costalimai" = Protoligoneuria limai1 Demoulin 1955 mayfly
"Palaeobaetodes britoi" = Protoligoneuria limai1 Demoulin 1955 mayfly
 Diptera - Limoniidae
Okrenomyia araripensis n. gen. n. sp.7, Cratotipula latialata n. gen. n. sp.8
Okrenomyia araripensis n. gen. n. sp.7 Ribeiro and Krzemiński 2000 crane fly
RGMN-052
Cratotipula latialata n. gen. n. sp.8 Ribeiro and Martins-Neto 1999 crane fly
RGMN-024