Crato (BSP collection): Late Aptian, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Odonata - Proterogomphidae
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
BSPGM C6
Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
1 specimen
BSPGM 11 (old D9) (2 measurements)
1 specimen
BSPGM 13 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Zygentoma - Lepismatidae
Sturm 1998 1 specimen
BSPG 1998 III/4
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
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Santana Formation:Crato
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
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:BSP
Collection method comments: Specimens in Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie, Munich
Metadata
Database number:123011
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-10 06:10:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-10 06:10:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

35206. G. Bechly, A. Nel, X. Martínez-Declòs, E. A. Jarzembowski, R. Coram, D. Martill, G. Fleck, F. Escuillié, M. M. Wisshak and M. Maisch. 2001. A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of numerous new taxa (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen 4:1-219 [M. Clapham/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]
5852ETE 1618H. Sturm. 1998. Erstnachweis fischchenartiger Insekten (Zygentoma, Insecta) für das Mesozoikum (Untere Kreide, Brasilien). Senekenbergiana Lethaea 78:135-140 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Clapham]