Where: Botswana (22.3° S, 26.4° E: paleocoordinates 39.9° S, 12.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Turonian (93.9 - 89.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression, original chitin
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• Specimens at the Bernard Price Institute, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Primary reference: R. J. Rayner. 1987. March Flies from an African Cretaceous springtime. Lethaia 20:123-127 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 123430: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.01.2012, edited by Jered Karr
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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? Siphonophoroides orapaensis n. sp.12
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Afrapia variicornis n. sp.11, Afrapia globularis n. gen. n. sp.11, Afromaimetsha robusta n. gen. n. sp.11, Maimetshorapia africana n. gen. n. sp.11
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Botsvania cretacea n. gen. n. sp.10
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Chalscelio orapa n. gen. n. sp.10
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Cretembolemus orapensis n. gen. n. sp.9
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Orapauletes cretaceus n. gen. n. sp.6
Orapauletes cretaceus n. gen. n. sp.6 Legalov 2009 leaf rolling weevil BP/2/26974 (fig 12 in Kuschel et al. 1994)
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Orapaeus cretaceus n. gen. n. sp.5
Orapaeus cretaceus n. gen. n. sp.5 Kuschel and Oberprieler 1994 weevil BP/2/27257, 18493, 25923, 26961, 27103, 27327, 27769, 27772, 28889, 27787, ?27502, ?27504, ?27513
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Afristenus orapensis n. gen. n. sp.8
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Ceafornotensis archratiras n. gen. n. sp.17
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Palaeoaxinidium orapensis n. gen. n. sp.7
Palaeoaxinidium orapensis n. gen. n. sp.7 McKay 1991 ground beetle BP/2/18302; Locality 2 found in Nov. 1983
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Helius botswanensis n. sp.13
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Empis orapaensis n. sp.15
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Pseudoacarterus orapaensis n. gen. n. sp.16
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