Where: Ceará, Brazil (7.1° S, 39.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° S, 8.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Nova Olinda Member (Crato Formation), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
• Formerly considered to be Crato Member of Santana Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified lime mudstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collection methods: Repository: Museu de Ciências da Terra-Serviço Geológico do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (MCT/CPRM-RJ)
Primary reference: D. A. Moura-Júnior, S. M. Scheffler, F. F. F. Moreira, A. Nel, and G. Mejdalani. 2020. First record of a shore bug (Insecta, Hemiptera, Saldidae) from Gondwana. Journal of Paleontology 95:133-140 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 216852: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.12.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
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Olindasalda gondwanica n. gen. n. sp.
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