Cratovitisma oldreadi Bechly 2007 (winged insect)

Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae

Full reference: G. Bechly. 2007. Blattaria: cockroaches and roachoides. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World 239-249

Belongs to Cratovitisma according to S. W. Lee 2016

See also Bechly 2007

Sister taxa: Cratovitisma bechlyi, Cratovitisma cortexi, Cratovitisma spinosa

Type specimen: SMNS 66000-237, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (SMNS collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: fast-moving arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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