PBDB Collection

Crato (MfNB 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

Reposited in the MfN

• Specimens in Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany. Specimens were presumably purchased or donated.

Primary reference: G. Bechly. 2010. Additions to the fossil dragonfly fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Palaeodiversity 3(Supplement):11-77 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122922: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr and Anissa Benabbas

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Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
Thelyphonida - Thelyphonidae	Mesoproctus rowlandi³, Mesoproctus rayoli¹³ Mesoproctus rowlandi³ Dunlop 1998 whip scorpion MB.A.975 Mesoproctus rayoli¹³ Santana et al. 2024 whip scorpion MB.A.1041
Araneae - Dipluridae	Cretadiplura ceara n. gen. n. sp.¹⁴ Cretadiplura ceara n. gen. n. sp.¹⁴ Selden 2006 funnel-web tarantula MB.A.979
Acariformes -	Pararainbowia martilli n. gen. n. sp.² Pararainbowia martilli n. gen. n. sp.² Dunlop 2007 mite MB.A.982
Solifugae - Ceromidae	Cratosolpuga wunderlichi⁴ Cratosolpuga wunderlichi⁴ Selden 1996 camel spider MB.A 1087, 1088
Scorpiones - Protoischnuridae	Protoischnurus axelrodorum¹⁰ Protoischnurus axelrodorum¹⁰ de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001 scorpion MB.A.971, 972, 974
Scorpiones - Chactidae	Araripescorpius ligabuei¹⁰ Araripescorpius ligabuei¹⁰ Campos 1986 scorpion MB.A.973
Insecta
Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae	Cratohexagenites longicercus⁹, Cratohexagenites minor n. sp.⁹ Cratohexagenites longicercus⁹ Staniczek 2007 mayfly MB.I.2026 (same specimen number as C. minor) Cratohexagenites minor n. sp.⁹ Staniczek 2007 mayfly MB.I.2026 (same specimen number as C. longicercus)
Ephemeroptera - Oligoneuriidae	Colocrus indivicum⁹ Colocrus indivicum⁹ McCafferty 1990 mayfly MB.I.2027
Ephemerida -	Cretereisma sp.⁹ Cretereisma sp.⁹ Willmann 2007 mayfly MB.I.2028
Odonata - Thaumatoneuridae	Euarchistigma marialuiseae Euarchistigma marialuiseae Bechly 2007 damselfly MB.1999.3 MB.I.2090 (old no. D29).
Odonata -	? Cretarchistigma essweini⁹ ? Cretarchistigma essweini⁹ Bechly 1998 damselfly MB.1999.3 MB.I.2055 (old D52), MB.199.3 MB.I.2056 (old C24)
Odonata - Aeschnidiidae	Wightonia araripina⁹ Wightonia araripina⁹ Carle and Wighton 1990 small darner D28
Odonata - Araripegomphidae	Araripegomphus andreneli⁹ Araripegomphus andreneli⁹ Bechly 1998 true dragonfly MB.1999.3 MB.I.2057 (old D10)
Odonata - Araripephlebiidae	Araripephlebia mirabilis⁹ Araripephlebia mirabilis⁹ Bechly 1998 true dragonfly MB.1999.3 MB.I.2058 (old D45)
Odonata - Liupanshaniidae	Araripeliupanshania annesuseae n. gen. n. sp.¹ Araripeliupanshania annesuseae n. gen. n. sp.¹ Bechly et al. 2001 true dragonfly MB.1999.3 MB.I.2047 (old D58)
Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae	Colossocossus giganticus n. sp.⁹ Colossocossus giganticus n. sp.⁹ Menon and Heads 2007 true bug MB.I.2103
Hemiptera - Hydrometridae	Incertametra santanensis¹² Incertametra santanensis¹² Perez Goodwyn 2002 marsh treader Preliminary no. 108/D116
Orthoptera - Schizodactylidae	Schizodactylus groeningae⁷ Schizodactylus groeningae⁷ Martins-Neto 2007 splay-footed cricket MfNB-I.2079
Orthoptera - Proscopiidae	Eoproscopia martilli⁶ Eoproscopia martilli⁶ Heads 2008 grasshopper MB.I 2077
Mantodea - Santanmantidae	Santanmantis axelrodi⁸ Santanmantis axelrodi⁸ Grimaldi 2003 mantis MfN MB.I.2068
Blattodea -	Mariconitermes talicei⁵, Meiatermes araripena⁵ Mariconitermes talicei⁵ Fontes and Vulcano 1998 termite ZMHB MBI.2062, ?2209, ?2063 Meiatermes araripena⁵ Krishna 1990 termite ZMHB MBI.2061
Neuroptera - Rafaelianidae	"Rafaelia minima" = Rafaeliana minima¹¹, "Rafaelidae indet." = Rafaelianidae¹¹ "Rafaelia minima" = Rafaeliana minima¹¹ Nel et al. 2005 lacewing "Rafaelidae indet." = Rafaelianidae¹¹ Engel and Nel 2017 lacewing Specimen in Berlin museum

¹Bechly et al. 2001; ²Dunlop 2007; ³Dunlop and Martill 2002; ⁴Dunlop and Martill 2004; ⁵Grimaldi et al. 2008; ⁶Heads 2008; ⁷Heads and Leuzinger 2011; ⁸Hörnig et al. 2017; ⁹Martill et al. 2007; ¹⁰Menon 2007; ¹¹Nel et al. 2005; ¹²Perez Goodwyn 2002; ¹³Santana et al. 2024; ¹⁴Selden et al. 2006