Crato, Pedra Branca quarry (UnG collection) (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: 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

Collection methods: Laboratory of Geosciences, Guarulhos University, Guarulhos, Brazil

Primary reference: R. G. Martins-Neto, C. de Oliveira Assis, and L. V. Tassi. 2010. New Blattoptera from Early Cretaceous of Santana Formation (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil) and a review of Arariplebatta Mendes, 2000. Gaea 6(1):9-13 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123014: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Araneae - Dipluridae
Cretadiplura ceara5
Cretadiplura ceara5 Selden 2006 funnel-web tarantula
UnG A11
Insecta
 Diptera - Tabanidae
Cratotabanus stonemyomorphus n. gen. n. sp.2
Cratotabanus stonemyomorphus n. gen. n. sp.2 Martins-Neto and Kucera-Santos 1994 horse fly
UnG/1T-48
 Neuroptera - Corydasialidae
Cratochrysa willmanni n. gen. n. sp.1
Cratochrysa willmanni n. gen. n. sp.1 Martins-Neto 1994 lacewing
UnG/1T-07
 Neuroptera - Myrmeleontoidae
Cratoneura dividens n. sp.1
Cratoneura dividens n. sp.1 Martins-Neto 1994 lacewing
UnG/1T-45
 Neuroptera - Nemopteridae
"Roesleria exotica" = Roesleriana exotica1
"Roesleria exotica" = Roesleriana exotica1 Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 thread-winged antlion
 Neuroptera - Babinskaiidae
Neliana maculata1
Neliana maculata1 Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989 lacewing
 Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae
Pseudonymphes brunherottae n. sp.1
Pseudonymphes brunherottae n. sp.1 Martins-Neto 1994 antlion
UnG/1T-44
 Blattodea - Blattulidae
Araripeblatta dornellesi n. sp.4, Araripeblatta toledoi n. sp.4, Araripeblatta bolzoni n. sp.4, Araripeblatta simplex n. sp.4, Araripeblatta oliveirai n. sp.4, "Araripeblatta brevis n. gen. n. sp." = Elisama brevis3, "Blattulopsis beckeri n. sp." = Elisama brevis3
Araripeblatta dornellesi n. sp.4 Mendes and Coelho 2007 cockroach
UNG CH 0015/1
Araripeblatta toledoi n. sp.4 Mendes and Coelho 2007 cockroach
UNG CH 0014/1
Araripeblatta bolzoni n. sp.4 Mendes and Coelho 2007 cockroach
UNG CH 0013/1
Araripeblatta simplex n. sp.4 Mendes and Coelho 2007 cockroach
UNG CH 0016/1
Araripeblatta oliveirai n. sp.4 Mendes and Coelho 2007 cockroach
UNG CH 0012/2
"Araripeblatta brevis n. gen. n. sp." = Elisama brevis3 Mendes 2000 cockroach
UnG/1T-20, 21
"Blattulopsis beckeri n. sp." = Elisama brevis3 Mendes 2000 cockroach
UnG/1T-025
 Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Mesoblattellina cretacea n. gen. n. sp.3, Mesoblattina martinsnetoi n. sp.3, Mesoblattina fiuzai n. sp.3, Mesoblattina damianii n. sp.3, Mesoblattinopsis candidoi n. sp.3, Mesoblattinopsis natani n. sp.3
Mesoblattellina cretacea n. gen. n. sp.3 Mendes 2000 cockroach
UnG/1T-29
Mesoblattina martinsnetoi n. sp.3 Mendes 2000 cockroach
UnG/1T-24
Mesoblattina fiuzai n. sp.3 Mendes 2000 cockroach
UnG/1T-23
Mesoblattina damianii n. sp.3 Mendes 2000 cockroach
UnG/1T-28
Mesoblattinopsis candidoi n. sp.3 Mendes 2000 cockroach
UnG/1T-27
Mesoblattinopsis natani n. sp.3 Mendes 2000 cockroach
UnG/1T-19
1Martins-Neto 1994; 2Martins-Neto and Kucera-Santos 1994; 3Mendes 2000; 4Mendes and Coelho 2007; 5Selden et al. 2006