Cretaceometra brasiliensis Nel and Popov 2000 (marsh treader)

Insecta - Hemiptera - Hydrometridae

Full reference: A. Nel and Y. A. Popov. 2000. The oldest known fossil Hydrometridae from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha). Journal of Natural History 34:2315-2322

Belongs to Cretaceometra according to A. Nel and Y. A. Popov 2000

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MCSNM i9556, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Crato (MCSNM collection), which is in an Aptian lacustrine - large carbonate in the Crato Formation of Brazil.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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