Fazenda Sta. Rita, Araripe Basin (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Also known as Crato

Where: Pernambuco, Brazil (7.1° S, 39.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° S, 8.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nova Olinda Member (Crato Formation), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; gray, blue limestone

• Parallel, millimetrically laminated limestone. Blue/grey when fresh quickly weathering to hues of buffs, pink & white. This member reaches a maximum of 13-14 m in thickness at Tatajuba. Upper 1.5 m are not laminated.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: I. D. Pinto and I. Purper. 1986. A new Blattoid from the Cretaceous of Brasil. Pesquisas 18:5-10 [M. Clapham/J. Karr]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123490: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 24.01.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Insecta
 Blattodea - Ectobiidae
"Mesoblattina limai n. sp." = Piniblattella limai
"Mesoblattina limai n. sp." = Piniblattella limai Pinto and Purper 1986 cockroach
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