PBDB Collection

Nova Olinda quarries (Cretaceous of Brazil)

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

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

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

• in the lower 20m of the section

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lime mudstone and mudstone

• organic rich mudstones and millimeter-laminated micritic plattenkalk limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with pyrite, replaced with limonite

Reposited in the SMNS

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: B. A. R. Mohr and H. Eklund. 2003. Araripia florifera, a magnoliid angiosperm from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Brazil). Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 126:279-292 [D. Smith/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 77891: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by Erin Leckey on 22.01.2008, edited by Richard Butler, Philip Mannion, Nicholas Visalden, Matthew Carrano and Lucas Barcelos

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Taxonomic list

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Araripia florifera
-	Araripia florifera n. gen. n. sp. Araripia florifera n. gen. n. sp. Mohr and Eklund 2003 axes with attached leaves and some with flower buds
Reptilia
Loricata -	Susisuchus anatoceps⁵ Susisuchus anatoceps⁵ Salisbury et al. 2003 crocodilian MPSC-R1136 (partially articulated postcranial remains comprising cervical and dorsal vertebrae, bones of the pectoral girdle including the right forelimb, and osteoderms from the dorsal shield); preserved on a limestone plate
Pterosauria -	Ludodactylus sibbicki n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Ludodactylus sibbicki n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Frey et al. 2003 pterosaur SMNK PAL 3828, skull
Pterosauria - Ornithocheiridae	Ornithocheiridae indet.¹⁴, ? Barbosania gracilirostris³, Arthurdactylus conandoylei n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Ornithocheiridae indet.¹⁴ pterosaur MN 4798-V, tooth. SMNK PAL 3854, postcranial skeleton. MPSC R-739, MPSC R-779, partial wings. ? Barbosania gracilirostris³ Elgin and Frey 2011 pterosaur MN 4797-V, partial skull Arthurdactylus conandoylei n. gen. n. sp.⁶ Frey and Martill 1994 pterosaur SMNK 1132 PAL, skeleton lacking skull
Pterosauria - Chaoyangopteridae	Lacusovagus magnificens n. gen. n. sp.¹⁵ Lacusovagus magnificens n. gen. n. sp.¹⁵ Witton 2008 pterosaur SMNK PAL 4325, incomplete skull
Pterosauria - Tapejaridae	Tapejaridae indet.¹⁴, ? Tapejaridae indet.¹⁴, Aymberedactylus cearensis n. gen. n. sp.¹¹, "Tapejara navigans n. sp." = Tupandactylus navigans⁸, "Tapejara imperator n. sp." = Tupandactylus imperator², Thalassodrominae indet.¹⁵ Tapejaridae indet.¹⁴ pterosaur SMNK 3830 PAL, partial skeleton ? Tapejaridae indet.¹⁴ pterosaur SMNK 2342 PAL, partial wing finger Aymberedactylus cearensis n. gen. n. sp.¹¹ Pegas et al. 2016 pterosaur MN 7596-V - holotype (lower mandible) "Tapejara navigans n. sp." = Tupandactylus navigans⁸ Frey et al. 2003 pterosaur SMNK 2344 (holotype), 2343, skulls "Tapejara imperator n. sp." = Tupandactylus imperator² Campos and Kellner 1997 pterosaur DNPM MCT 1622-R, complete skull. SMNK PAL 2839, skull. Additional privately opened specimen is known Thalassodrominae indet.¹⁵ Kellner and Campos 2007 pterosaur MN 4729-V, SMNK PAL 3855
Testudines - Araripemydidae	cf. Araripemys sp.¹², "Araripemys arturi n. sp." = Araripemys barretoi⁴ cf. Araripemys sp.¹² Price 1973 sideneck turtle MN 6745-V, an incomplete left plastron, composed of the hyoplastron and the hypoplastron of the left side "Araripemys arturi n. sp." = Araripemys barretoi⁴ Price 1973 sideneck turtle SMNK-PAL 3979; partial skeleton with associated soft tissues on a slab of laminated, cream-coloured limestone.
Squamata - Dolichosauridae	Tetrapodophis amplectus n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Tetrapodophis amplectus n. gen. n. sp.⁹ Martill et al. 2015 squamates BMMS BK 2-2 - holotype (complete skeleton)
Squamata -	Calanguban alamoi n. gen. n. sp.¹³ Calanguban alamoi n. gen. n. sp.¹³ Simões et al. 2015 squamates MN 7234-V - holotype (skull, limbs, dorsal and caudal vertebrae, and body outline)
Amphibia
Salientia -	Pipimorpha indet.¹, Primaevorana cratensis¹⁰ Pipimorpha indet.¹ Ford and Cannatella 1993 frog MPSC-Am 138, MPSC-Am 892 Primaevorana cratensis¹⁰ Moura et al. 2021 frog GP/2E-9497

¹Báez et al. 2021; ²Campos and Kellner 1997; ³Elgin and Frey 2011; ⁴Fielding et al. 2005; ⁵Figueiredo et al. 2011; ⁶Frey and Martill 1994; ⁷Frey et al. 2003; ⁸Frey et al. 2003; ⁹Martill et al. 2015; ¹⁰Moura et al. 2021; ¹¹Pegas et al. 2016; ¹²Ribeiro de Oliveira and Kellner 2005; ¹³Simões et al. 2015; ¹⁴Unwin and Martill 2007; ¹⁵Witton 2008