Crato (DNPM collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: CearĂ¡, 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

Collection methods: Repository: Secao de Paleontologia da Divisao de Geologia e Mineralogia do Departmento Nacional da Producao Mineral, Rio de Janeiro (DNPM or DGM)

Primary reference: I. M. Brito. 1987. Nota preliminar sobre uma nova Efemera do Cretaceo do Ceara (Insecta Ephemeroptera). Anais do X Congresso Brasileiro de Paleontologia 593-597 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124526: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.02.2012, edited by Jered Karr

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Ephemeroptera - Oligoneuriidae
"Cratoligoneuriella leonardii" = Colocrus indivicum4
"Cratoligoneuriella leonardii" = Colocrus indivicum4 McCafferty 1990 mayfly
DGM 6267-1 (formerly 6256-I, paratype of Palaeobaetodes costalimae
 Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
"Palaeobaetodes costalimai n. gen. n. sp." = Protoligoneuria limai
"Palaeobaetodes costalimai n. gen. n. sp." = Protoligoneuria limai Demoulin 1955 mayfly
DGM 6255, 6256 (2 paratypes)
 Neuroptera - Myrmeleontoidae
"Caririneura damianii" = Araripeneura damianii3
"Caririneura damianii" = Araripeneura damianii3 Martins-Neto 1992 lacewing
DGM-6283-I, 6284-I
 Orthoptera - Baissogryllidae
"Cearagryllus perforatorius" = Cearagrylloides perforatorius2
"Cearagryllus perforatorius" = Cearagrylloides perforatorius2 Martins-Neto 1991 grasshopper
DGM-6281-I
 Orthoptera - Elcanidae
Cratoelcana zessini2 Martins-Neto 1991 grasshopper
DGM-6393-I
Arachnida
 Scorpiones - Chactidae
Araripescorpius ligabuei n. gen. n. sp.1
Araripescorpius ligabuei n. gen. n. sp.1 Campos 1986 scorpion
DGM 6216-I