Crato, Tatajuba farm, Araripe Basin (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nova Olinda Member (Crato Formation), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; gray, blue limestone

• Parallel, millimetrically laminated limestone. Blue/grey when fresh quickly weathering to hues of buffs, pink & white. This member reaches a maximum of 13-14 m in thickness at Tatajuba. Upper 1.5 m are not laminated.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: quarrying

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 105330: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 19.02.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Araneae -
Cretaraneus martinsnetoi n. sp.12
Cretaraneus martinsnetoi n. sp.12 Mesquita 1996 spider
UnG/1T-50
Insecta
 Diptera - Zhangsolvidae
Cratomyia macrorrhyncha n. gen. n. sp.11
Cratomyia macrorrhyncha n. gen. n. sp.11 Mazzarolo and Amorim 2000 fly
FFCLRP/USP DBRP-0050, 0051 (donated by Martins-Neto)
 Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
"Cratogenitoides delclosi n. gen. n. sp." = Protoligoneuria limai5, "Cratogenites corradiniae n. gen. n. sp." = Protoligoneuria limai5
"Cratogenitoides delclosi n. gen. n. sp." = Protoligoneuria limai5 Demoulin 1955 mayfly
RGMN-T002
"Cratogenites corradiniae n. gen. n. sp." = Protoligoneuria limai5 Demoulin 1955 mayfly
RGMN-001 and around 25 unnumbered specimens
 Ephemeroptera -
Cratonympha microcelata n. gen. n. sp.10, Costalimella nordestina n. gen. n. sp.5
Cratonympha microcelata n. gen. n. sp.10 Martins-Neto and Caldas 1990 mayfly
GP/1T-677
Costalimella nordestina n. gen. n. sp.5 Martins-Neto 1996 mayfly
RGMN-T004
 Ephemeroptera - Oligoneuriidae
"Cratoligoneuriella leonardii n. gen. n. sp." = Colocrus indivicum5
"Cratoligoneuriella leonardii n. gen. n. sp." = Colocrus indivicum5 McCafferty 1990 mayfly
RGMN-T005
 Odonata - Nothomacromiidae
"Conan barbarica n. gen. n. sp." = Nothomacromia sensibilis8
"Conan barbarica n. gen. n. sp." = Nothomacromia sensibilis8 Carle and Wighton 1990 true dragonfly
RGMN-IT/097
 Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Cratocossus magnus n. gen. n. sp.6
Cratocossus magnus n. gen. n. sp.6 Martins-Neto 1998 true bug
UnG/1T-59
 Orthoptera - Gryllotalpidae
"Tetraspinus fossorius n. gen. n. sp." = Cratotetraspinus fossorius4
"Tetraspinus fossorius n. gen. n. sp." = Cratotetraspinus fossorius4 Martins-Neto 1995 mole cricket
UnG-035
 Orthoptera - Baissogryllidae
Caririgryllus brachypterus n. sp.9, "Notocearagryllus leipnitzi n. sp." = Allocearagryllus leipnitzi9
Caririgryllus brachypterus n. sp.9 Martins-Neto 2002 grasshopper
RGMN T-3001
"Notocearagryllus leipnitzi n. sp." = Allocearagryllus leipnitzi9 Martins-Neto 2002 grasshopper
RGMN T-3000 (or T-029)
 Orthoptera - Gryllidae
Nanaripegryllus pygmaeus n. gen. n. sp.9
Nanaripegryllus pygmaeus n. gen. n. sp.9 Martins-Neto 2002 true crickets
RGMN T-1654
 Orthoptera - Locustopsidae
"Cratozeunerella neotropica n. gen. n. sp." = Cratozeunerella neotropica7, "Cratozeunerella nordestina n. sp." = Cratozeunerella neotropica7, Zessinia pulcherrima n. gen. n. sp.1, Zessinia reticulata n. sp.1, Zessinia caririensis n. sp.1, "Locustopsis araripensis n. sp." = Cratolocustopsis araripensis1, "Locustopsis cretacea n. sp." = Cratolocustopsis cretacea1
"Cratozeunerella neotropica n. gen. n. sp." = Cratozeunerella neotropica7 Martins-Neto 1998 grasshopper
UnG-030
"Cratozeunerella nordestina n. sp." = Cratozeunerella neotropica7 Martins-Neto 1998 grasshopper
UnG-031
Zessinia pulcherrima n. gen. n. sp.1 Martins-Neto 1990 grasshopper
GP/1T-1666
Zessinia reticulata n. sp.1 Martins-Neto 1990 grasshopper
GP/1T-1668
Zessinia caririensis n. sp.1 Martins-Neto 1990 grasshopper
GP/1T-1667
"Locustopsis araripensis n. sp." = Cratolocustopsis araripensis1 Martins-Neto 1990 grasshopper
GP/1T-1672
"Locustopsis cretacea n. sp." = Cratolocustopsis cretacea1 Martins-Neto 1990 grasshopper
GP/1T-1671, GP/1T-1618
 Neuroptera - Nemopteridae
Krika pilosa n. gen. n. sp.2
Krika pilosa n. gen. n. sp.2 Martins-Neto 1992 thread-winged antlion
UnG/1T-06
 Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae
Blittersdorffia pleoneura2, Bleyeria nordestina n. gen. n. sp.3
Blittersdorffia pleoneura2 Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 antlion
RGMN coll.
Bleyeria nordestina n. gen. n. sp.3 Martins-Neto 1992 antlion
GP/1T-1676
 Neuroptera - Myrmeleontoidae
"Palaeoleon araripensis n. sp." = Baisopardus araripensis2, "Caririneura damianii n. sp." = Araripeneura damianii3, Araripeneura gracilis2, Cratoneura pulchella n. sp.2, Cratoneura longissima n. gen. n. sp.2, Cratoalloneura acuminata2
"Palaeoleon araripensis n. sp." = Baisopardus araripensis2 Martins-Neto 1992 lacewing
UnG/1T-03
"Caririneura damianii n. sp." = Araripeneura damianii3 Martins-Neto 1992 lacewing
GP/1T-1624
Araripeneura gracilis2 Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 lacewing
RGMN coll.
Cratoneura pulchella n. sp.2 Martins-Neto 1992 lacewing
UnG/1T-05
Cratoneura longissima n. gen. n. sp.2 Martins-Neto 1992 lacewing
UnG/1T-04
Cratoalloneura acuminata2 Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 lacewing
UnG/1T-08
1Martins-Neto 1990; 2Martins-Neto 1992; 3Martins-Neto 1992; 4Martins-Neto 1995; 5Martins-Neto 1996; 6Martins-Neto 1998; 7Martins-Neto 1998; 8Martins-Neto 1998; 9Martins-Neto 2002; 10Martins-Neto and Caldas 1990; 11Mazzarolo and Amorim 2000; 12Mesquita 1996