Crato aquatics (Cretaceous to of Brazil)

Where: Ceara, Brazil (7.0° S, 38.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 3.9° S, 3.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian to Aptian (125.0 - 100.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: B. A. R. Mohr, M. E. C. Bernardes-de-Oliveira, and D. W. Taylor. 2008. Pluricarpellatia, a nymphaealean angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous of northern Gondwana, Crato Formation, Brazil. Taxon 57(4):1147-1158 [S. Wing/N. Jud]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 121684: authorized by Scott Wing, entered by Nathan Jud on 10.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceae indet. Salisbury 1805 water lily
 Nymphaeales - Cabombaceae
Pluricarpellatia peltata n. gen. n. sp.
Pluricarpellatia peltata n. gen. n. sp. Mohr et al. 2008