Crato (CPCA collection): Late Aptian, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Insecta - Neuroptera - Psychopsidae
Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2010 1 specimen
CPCA 3577
Insecta - Neuroptera - Palaeoleontidae
Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2010 1 specimen
CPCA 3575 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae
Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2010 1 specimen
CPCA 3576 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2009 1 specimen
CPCA 3562 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Baissogryllidae
1 specimen
CPCA 3561 (1 measurement)
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
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Centro de Pesquisas da Chapada do Araripe, Crato, Ceará State
Metadata
Database number:149755
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:J. Karr, M. Clapham
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2013-08-24 11:03:41 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2013-08-24 11:03:41
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
48658. R. G. Martins-Neto and L. V. Tassi. 2009. The Orthoptera (Ensifera) from the Santana formation (Early Cretaceous, northeast Brazil): A statistical and paleoecological approach, with description of new taxa. Zootaxa 2080:21-37 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

39271 R. G. Martins-Neto and V. Z. Rodrigues. 2009. New Neuroptera (Insecta, Osmylidae and Mesochrysopidae) from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous of northeast Brazil. Gaea 5(1):15-20 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
49333 R. G. Martins-Neto and V. Z. Rodrigues. 2010. New neuropteran insects (Osmylidae, Palaeoleontidae, Araripeneuridae and Psychopsidae) from the Santana Formation, Early Cretaceous NE Brazil. Gaea 6:1-8 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]