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: Centro de Ensino Superior de Juiz de Fora (CES-JF), Minas Gerais State
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 161261: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.09.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
"Araripeblatta cesae n. sp." = Elisama brevis
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