Crato (KUMIP collection): Late Aptian, Brazil
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Hymenoptera
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Atefia rasnitsyni n. gen., n. sp.
Krogmann et al. 2013
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Arachnida
- Araneae
- Palpimanidae
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Cretapalpus vittari n. gen., n. sp.
Downen and Selden 2021
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Downen and Selden 2021 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| KUMIP 374705 | ||||||||||
| 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 |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Fossil Insect Collection, Division of Entomology, University of Kansas Natural History Museum | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 139579 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2013-02-14 06:23:11 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-02-14 06:23:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44879. | L. Krogmann, M. S. Engel, G. Bechly and A. Nel. 2013. Lower Cretaceous origin of long-distance mate finding behaviour in Hymenoptera (Insecta). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:83-89 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 76920 | M. R. Downen and P. A. Selden. 2021. The earliest palpimanid spider (Araneae: Palpimanidae), from the Crato Fossil-Lagerstätte (Cretaceous, Brazil). Journal of Arachnology 49:91-97 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |