Orapa (National Museum, Gaborone): Turonian, Botswana
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Arachnida
- Araneae
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Lycosoidea indet.
Sundevall 1833
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| According to the authors, this is probably a Ctenidae or Lycosidae | ||||||||||
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= Araneae indet.
Clerck 1757
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Wunderlich 2004 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Diptera
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Diptera indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
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Zygoptera indet.
Selys-Longchamps 1854
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Thysanoptera
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Thysanoptera indet.
Haliday 1836
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Hemiptera
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Homoptera indet.
Leach 1815
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
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Heteroptera indet.
Latreille 1810
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Psocodea
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Psocoptera indet.
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
| replaced by Psocodea | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Orthoptera
- Gryllidae
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Orthoptera indet.
Olivier 1789
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
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= Gryllidae indet.
Laicharting 1781
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Martins-Neto 1991 | |||||||||
| Grylloides | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Dermaptera
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Dermaptera indet.
De Geer 1773
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
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Blattodea indet.
(Latreille 1810)
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
| corrected as Blattaria | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Coleoptera
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Coleoptera indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
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Insecta
- Lepidoptera
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Lepidoptera indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Brothers and Rasnitsyn 2003 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Botswana |
| Coordinates: | 22.3° South, 26.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 39.9° South, 12.0° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Turonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
| Key time interval: | Turonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 89.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| Age estimate: | 93.1 ± 1.4 Ma (U/Pb) |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified mudstone | ||
| Environment: | lacustrine - large | Tectonic setting: | volcanic basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression,original chitin |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: This specimen is housed in the National Museum and Art Gallery, Gaborone, Botswana | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34851 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Smith, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Kinchloe, M. Clapham, J. Karr |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2003-10-07 12:19:54 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-10-07 12:19:54 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9318. | R. J. Rayner and A. S. Dippenaar-Schoeman. 1995. A fossil spider (superfamily Lycosoidea) from the Cretaceous of Botswana. South African Journal of Science 91(2):98-100 [D. Smith/A. Kinchloe/R. Day] |
Secondary references:
| 37177 | D. J. Brothers and A. P. Rasnitsyn. 2003. Diversity of Hymenoptera and other insects in the Late Cretaceous (Turonian) deposits at Orapa, Botswana: a Preliminary review. African Entomology 11(2):221-226 [M. Clapham/J. Karr] | |
| 47962 | R. G. Martins-Neto. 1991. Sistemática dos Ensifera (Insecta, Orthopteroida) da formação Santana, Cretáceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 14(32):5-160 [M. Clapham/J. Karr/M. Clapham] | |
| 47844 | J. Wunderlich. 2004. Proof of presence of the family Lycosidae (Araneae) in Baltic and Dominican amber?. In J. Wunderlich (ed.), Beiträge zur Araneologie 3:1557-1558 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |