Crato (SMF collection): Late Aptian, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Zygentoma
- Lepismatidae
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| Sturm 1998 | 4 specimens | |||||||||
| SMF B99 (four specimens mentioned in Staniczek & Bechly, 2007) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Ephemeroptera
- Baetiscidae
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| Staniczek et al. 2022 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| SMF VI993 (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Ephemeroptera
- Hexagenitidae
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| Martill et al. 2007 | 236 specimens | |||||||||
| larvae | ||||||||||
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Insecta
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| Martill et al. 2007 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Cretapetaluridae
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Eotanypteryx paradoxa n. gen., n. sp.
Bechly 2007
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SMF VI 853/4 (old Q90/Q68) (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Proterogomphidae
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Paracordulagomphus aberrans n. gen., n. sp.
Bechly 2010
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| SMF VI 1043 (old N40), 1044 (old Q86) (8 measurements) | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| SMF VI 876/877 (old O38a/b) (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
| Bechly 1998 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| SMF old C7 (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
| Martill et al. 2007 | 2 specimens | |||||||||
| SMF Q79, Q82 | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| SMF VI 1046 (old MSF O40) | ||||||||||
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Pauciphlebia novaolindense n. gen., n. sp.
Bechly 2010
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| SMF VI 1045 (old N34) (3 measurements) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Thaumatoneuridae
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| 2 specimens | ||||||||||
| SMF VI 837 (old Q56), VI 838 (old O35, not Q87) (5 measurements) | ||||||||||
| 1 specimen | ||||||||||
| SMF VI 836 | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Alienoptera
- Umenocoleidae
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| Martill et al. 2007 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Brazil | State/province: | Ceará |
| Coordinates: | 7.1° South, 39.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.0° South, 2.6° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early Cretaceous |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late Aptian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 119.57 - 113.2 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "carbonate" | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SMF |
| Collection method comments: Specimens in Forschungsinstitut und Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt a. M., Germany. Specimens were presumably purchased or donated. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 122921 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham, J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2012-01-07 06:42:45 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-01-07 06:42:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34848. | G. Bechly. 2010. Additions to the fossil dragonfly fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Palaeodiversity 3(Supplement):11-77 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 40729 | D. M. Martill, G. Bechly, and R. F. Loveridge. 2007. The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil: Window into an Ancient World 1-625 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 82437 | A. H. Staniczek, A. P. Storari, and R. J. Godunko. 2022. Revised systematics, phylogeny, and paleontology of the mayfly family Baetiscidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80:389-409 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 5852 | ETE 1618 | H. Sturm. 1998. Erstnachweis fischchenartiger Insekten (Zygentoma, Insecta) für das Mesozoikum (Untere Kreide, Brasilien). Senekenbergiana Lethaea 78:135-140 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham] |