PBDB Collection

Crato (Schwickert ms-fossil 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 Michael Schwickert

• In private collection of Michael Schwickert, Sulzbachtal, Germany

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 122919: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.01.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Show authors, comments, and common names

Insecta
Odonata - Proterogomphidae	Cordulagomphus (Procordulagomphus) xavieri⁵, Cordulagomphus (Procordulagomphus) michaeli⁵ Cordulagomphus (Procordulagomphus) xavieri⁵ Nel and Escuillé 1994 true dragonfly 37 Cordulagomphus (Procordulagomphus) michaeli⁵ Bechly 2007 true dragonfly E4, E10
Odonata - Araripegomphidae	Araripegomphus andreneli¹ Araripegomphus andreneli¹ Bechly 1998 true dragonfly D10, D27, E16, E18, F1
Odonata - Araripephlebiidae	Araripephlebia mirabilis¹ Araripephlebia mirabilis¹ Bechly 1998 true dragonfly G16
Odonata - Araripelibellulidae	Cratocordulia borschukewitzi², Araripelibellula martinsnetoi⁵ Cratocordulia borschukewitzi² Bechly 1998 true dragonfly E100407 Araripelibellula martinsnetoi⁵ Nel and Paicheler 1994 true dragonfly B39
Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae	Gomphaeschnaoides petersi⁵, "Gomphaeschna obliqua" = Gomphaeschnaoides obliquus³, Gomphaeschnaoides magnus⁵ Gomphaeschnaoides petersi⁵ Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly G9/G24 "Gomphaeschna obliqua" = Gomphaeschnaoides obliquus³ Wighton 1987 true dragonfly C16, C18, C19 Gomphaeschnaoides magnus⁵ Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly M62
Odonata - Liupanshaniidae	Araripeliupanshania annesuseae³ Araripeliupanshania annesuseae³ Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly M56, L75
Odonata - Aeschnidiidae	Wightonia araripina⁵, Santanoptera gabbotti⁵ Wightonia araripina⁵ Carle and Wighton 1990 small darner B10 and unnumbered (Bechly 2010) Santanoptera gabbotti⁵ Martill and Nel 1996 small darner R3, R4
Odonata -	? Cretarchistigma essweini¹ ? Cretarchistigma essweini¹ Bechly 1998 damselfly B9, C28/29(?), D53, E26
Odonata - Thaumatoneuridae	Euarchistigma marialuiseae² Euarchistigma marialuiseae² Bechly 2007 damselfly E100411, D90929
Dicondylia -	Ephemeroptera indet.⁵ Ephemeroptera indet.⁵ Hyatt and Arms 1890 mayfly Z2
Ephemeroptera - Euthyplociidae	Pristiplocia rupestris⁵ Pristiplocia rupestris⁵ McCafferty 1990 mayfly various adult
Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae	Cratohexagenites longicercus⁵ Cratohexagenites longicercus⁵ Staniczek 2007 mayfly O46 (putative adult)
Ephemeroptera -	Ephemeroidea indet.⁵ Ephemeroidea indet.⁵ Latreille 1810 mayfly larva, putative adult
Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae	Cratovitisma oldreadi⁵ Cratovitisma oldreadi⁵ Bechly 2007 winged insect N63
Dermaptera - Anisolabididae	Cratoborellia gorbi⁵ Cratoborellia gorbi⁵ Haas 2007 earwig Z10
Dicondylia - Chresmodidae	Chresmoda neotropica⁴ Chresmoda neotropica⁴ Engel and Heads 2008 winged insect G88
Hemiptera -	Cratonepa enigmatica Cratonepa enigmatica Jattiot et al. 2012 true bug
Hemiptera - Hydrometridae	Incertametra santanensis⁶ Incertametra santanensis⁶ Perez Goodwyn 2002 marsh treader R62

¹Bechly 1998; ²Bechly 2010; ³Bechly et al. 2001; ⁴Delclòs et al. 2008; ⁵Martill et al. 2007; ⁶Perez Goodwyn 2002