Where: Ceara, Brazil (7.1° S, 39.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° S, 8.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Crato Formation (Santana Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts, replaced with limonite, replaced with other
Collection methods: Repository: Regional University of Cariri (URCA) Palaeontology Laboratory (LPU) and Plácido Cidade Nuvens Palaeontology Museum (MPSC)
Primary reference: P. A. Selden, F. C. Casado, and M. V. Mesquita. 2006. Mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Dipluridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Lagerstätte, Araripe basin, north-east Brazil. Palaeontology 49:817-826 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 34901: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by April Kinchloe on 14.10.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mesoproctus rayoli n. sp.5
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Christometra paradoxa n. gen. n. sp.4
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Dryellina placida n. gen. n. sp.1
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Nuddsia repatriata n. sp.2
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