Crato (SMNS collection): Late/Upper Aptian, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Diplura
Ferrojapyx vivax n. gen., n. sp. Wilson and Martill 2001
Wilson and Martill 2001 3 specimens
SMNS 64276; two additional in Staniczek & Bechly, 2007
Insecta - Diptera - Zhangsolvidae
Cratomyiidae indet. Mazzarolo and Amorim 2000
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
synonym of Zhangsolvidae
SMNS 66180
Cratomyoides cretacicus n. gen., n. sp. Wilkommen 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
recombined as Cratomyia cretacica
SMNS 66179 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Rhagionidae
? Rhagionidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
original and current combination Rhagionides
SMNS 66185
Insecta - Diptera - Tabanidae
Tabanidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
original and current combination Tabanii
SMNS 66181
Insecta - Diptera
Asiloidea indet. Latreille 1802
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66182 (Asilidae or Therevidae?)
Insecta - Diptera - Asilidae
Asilidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
original and current combination Asilici
SMNS 66183
Insecta - Diptera - Mydidae
Cretomydas santanensis n. gen., n. sp. Wilkommen 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66178 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Diptera - Tipulidae
Leptotarsus martinsnetoi Ribeiro and Lukashevich 2014
Krzemiński et al. 2017 1 specimen
SMNS 326
Leptotarsus grimaldii Ribeiro and Lukashevich 2014
Krzemiński et al. 2017 1 specimen
SMNS 66523
Insecta - Odonata - Thaumatoneuridae
Euarchistigma peterknobli n. sp. Bechly 2010
Bechly 2010 1 specimen
SMNS 66823 (4 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata
Santanagrion longipes n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2010
Bechly 2010 1 specimen
SMNS 66803b (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Protoneuridae
Eoprotoneura hyperstigma Carle and Wighton 1990
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66386
Insecta - Odonata - Hemiphlebiidae
Parahemiphlebia mickoleiti Bechly 1998
Bechly 1998 1 specimen
SMNS 63072
Insecta - Odonata
? Cretarchistigma essweini n. sp. Bechly 1998
Bechly 1998 1 specimen
SMNS 63071 (7 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Aeschnidiidae
Wightonia araripina Carle and Wighton 1990
Martill et al. 2007 2 specimens
SMNS 66610,66611
Santanoptera gabbotti Martill and Nel 1996
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66609
Insecta - Odonata - Cratopetaliidae
Cratopetalia whiteheadi n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2010
Bechly 2010 1 specimen
SMNS 66389 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Proterogomphidae
Cratogomphus erraticus n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2010
Bechly 2010 1 specimen
SMNS 66606a/b (old L43/L17) (4 measurements)
? Araripegomphus informal n. sp.
Bechly 1998 1 specimen
SMNS 63070
    = Cratogomphus cf. erraticus Bechly 2010
Bechly 2010
Probably also belongs to this new taxon
Cordulagomphus (Procordulagomphus) xavieri (Nel and Escuillé 1994)
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66391
Cordulagomphus hanneloreae n. sp. Bechly 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66591 (old O21) (2 measurements)
Cordulagomphus fenestratus Carle and Wighton 1990
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS C13
Cordulagomphus winkelhoferi n. sp. Bechly 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66607 (old M58) (2 measurements)
Paracordulagomphus aberrans Bechly 2010
Bechly 2010 1 specimen
SMNS 66614
Insecta - Odonata - Araripephlebiidae
Araripephlebia mirabilis Bechly 1998
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66618
Insecta - Odonata - Araripegomphidae
Araripegomphus andreneli n. sp. Bechly 1998
Bechly 1998 1 specimen
SMNS 63651 (2 measurements)
Araripegomphus hanseggeri n. sp. Bechly 2000
Bechly 2000 2 specimens
SMNS 64415, 6 (4 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Gomphidae
Cratolindenia knuepfae n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2000
Bechly 2000 1 specimen
SMNS 64414 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Gomphaeschnidae
Paramorbaeschna araripensis n. gen., n. sp. Bechly et al. 2001
Bechly et al. 2001 2 specimens
SMNS 63068, 64218 (3 measurements)
Gomphaeschnaoides obliquus (Wighton 1987)
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 63069
Gomphaeschna obliqua Wighton 1987
Bechly et al. 2001 1 specimen
recombined as Gomphaeschnaoides obliquus
SMNS 63069 (2 measurements)
Gomphaeschnaoides magnus Bechly et al. 2001
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 64344
Insecta - Odonata - Liupanshaniidae
Paramesuropetala gigantea Bechly et al. 2001
Bechly 2010 1 specimen
SMNS 66613
Araripeliupanshania annesuseae Bechly et al. 2001
Bechly et al. 2001 3 specimens
SMNS 64343, 64345, 66616 (4 measurements)
Insecta - Odonata - Mesuropetalidae
Paraeschnopsis brasiliensis n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2010
Bechly 2010 1 specimen
SMNS 63648 (old E100404) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Megaphlebiidae
Megaphlebia rayandressi n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2010
Bechly 2010 1 specimen
SMNS 66617 (old R6) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Cretapetaluridae
Cratopetalura petruleviciusi Nel and Bechly 2009
Bechly 2010 1 specimen
SMNS 66567 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Odonata - Hageniidae
Cratohagenius erichweberi n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2010
Bechly 2010 4 specimens
SMNS 66615a/b (old H71a/M71b), 66612 (old R5), 66592 (old H29), 66390 (old E100401) (11 measurements)
Insecta - Coxoplectoptera - Mickoleitiidae
Mickoleitia sp. Staniczek et al. 2011
Staniczek et al. 2011 12 specimens
putative larvae
Mickoleitia longimanus n. gen., n. sp. Staniczek et al. 2011
Staniczek et al. 2011 1 specimen
(3 measurements)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera
Ephemeroptera indet. Hyatt and Arms 1890
Martill et al. 2007 2 specimens
SMNS 66622, 66625
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Baetiscidae
Protobaetisca bechlyi n. gen., n. sp. Staniczek 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66620
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Oligoneuriidae
Incogemina nubila Storari et al. 2020
Storari et al. 2020 1 specimen
SMNS 66623 (initially described as putative adult of Colocrus magnum)
? Colocrus magnum n. sp. Staniczek 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66624
Colocrus indivicum McCafferty 1990
Martill et al. 2007 2 specimens
SMNS 66538, 66619
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Euthyplociidae
Pristiplocia rupestris McCafferty 1990
Martill et al. 2007 3 specimens
SMNS 66541 (adult), 66539, 66621 (adults)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Leptophlebiidae
? Leptophlebiidae informal sp. 1 (Banks 1900)
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66639 (species 1 of McCafferty, 1990)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
Protoligoneuria limai Demoulin 1955
Martill et al. 2007 4 specimens
SMNS 66536, 66537, 66635, ?66635 (putative adult)
Insecta - Ephemeroptera
Ephemeroidea indet. Latreille 1810
Martill et al. 2007 2 specimens
SMNS 66630, 66634
Insecta
Cretereisma sp. Willmann 2007
Martill et al. 2007 10 specimens
SMNS 66547-9, 66599-605, 66673-5
Cretereisma antiqua n. gen., n. sp. Willmann 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66546 (old 28) (2 measurements)
Cretereisma schwickertorum n. sp. Willmann 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66598 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Megaloptera - Corydalidae
Cratocorydalopsis brasiliensis n. gen., n. sp. Jepson and Heads 2016
Jepson and Heads 2016 1 specimen
SMNS 66000-247 (Megaloptera, fig. 11.69b in Martins-Neto et al., 2007) (2 measurements)
Lithocorydalus fuscata n. gen., n. sp. Jepson and Heads 2016
Jepson and Heads 2016 1 specimen
SMNS 66000-248 (Megaloptera, fig. 11.69c in Martins-Neto et al., 2007) (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Nuddsia longiantennata n. gen., n. sp. Menon and Makarkin 2008
Menon and Makarkin 2008 1 specimen
SMNS 66000/263 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Kalligrammatidae
Makarkinia kerneri n. sp. Bechly and Makarkin 2016
Bechly and Makarkin 2016 1 specimen
SMNS 70287 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Araripeneuridae
Makarkin et al. 2018 1 specimen
SMNS 66000/262
Araripeneura regia Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989
Makarkin et al. 2018 1 specimen
SMNS 66000/259
Cratoneura dividens Martins-Neto 1994
Makarkin et al. 2018 1 specimen
SMNS 66000/265
Insecta - Neuroptera - Palaeoleontidae
Parapalaeoleon magnus n. gen., n. sp. Menon and Makarkin 2008
Menon and Makarkin 2008 1 specimen
SMNS 66000/268 (1 measurement)
Baisopardus cryptohymen n. sp. Heads et al. 2005
Heads et al. 2005 1 specimen
SMNS 65470 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Myrmeleontidae
Pseudonymphes ? brunherottae Martins-Neto 1994
Makarkin et al. 2018 1 specimen
SMNS 66000/256
Insecta - Neuroptera - Babinskaiidae
Neliana maculata (Martins-Neto and Vulcano 1989)
Makarkin et al. 2017 1 specimen
SMNS 66000/257
Insecta - Neuroptera - Rafaelianidae
Rafaelia minima Nel et al. 2005
Nel et al. 2005 1 specimen
recombined as Rafaeliana minima
Insecta - Neuroptera - Ithonidae
Principiala n. gen. incerta Makarkin and Menon 2007
1 specimen
SMNS 66000/255 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Neuroptera - Mesochrysopidae
Triangulochrysopa formosa n. sp. Menon and Makarkin 2008
Menon and Makarkin 2008 1 specimen
SMNS 66000/271 (3 measurements)
Karenina leilana n. sp. Makarkin and Menon 2005
Makarkin and Menon 2005 1 specimen
SMNS 65506
Karenina longicollis n. sp. Makarkin and Menon 2005
Makarkin and Menon 2005 1 specimen
SMNS 65505
Insecta - Coleoptera - Scarabaeidae
Scarabaeidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
Scarabaeides
SMNS 66458
Insecta - Coleoptera - Staphylinidae
Staphylinidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66452 (2 measurements)
    = Apticax volans n. gen., n. sp. Schomann and Solodovnikov 2012
Schomann and Solodovnikov 2012
Apticax solidus n. sp. Schomann and Solodovnikov 2012
Schomann and Solodovnikov 2012 1 specimen
SMNS 66453 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae
Hydrophilidae indet. Latreille 1802
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66446
Insecta - Coleoptera - Mastigocoleidae
Mastigocoleus rhinoceros n. sp. Tihelka and Cai 2022
Tihelka et al. 2022 1 specimen
SMNS 66552 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Elateridae
Elateridae indet. Leach 1815
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66465
Insecta - Coleoptera - Buprestidae
Buprestidae indet. (Leach 1815)
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66461
Insecta - Coleoptera - Lymexylidae
Cratoatractocerus grimaldii n. gen., n. sp. Wolf-Schwenninger 2011
Wolf-Schwenninger 2011 1 specimen
SMNS-66534 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae
Rhynchitinae indet. (Gistel 1848)
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
synonym of Attelabidae
SMNS 66449
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nemonychidae
? Oxycoryninae indet. (Schönherr 1840)
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66553 Cratonemonyx martinsnetoi
    = Cratonemonyx martinsnetoi Legalov 2014
Gratshev and Legalov 2014
Insecta - Coleoptera - Chrysomelidae
Eumolpinae indet. (Hope 1840)
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66471
Insecta - Coleoptera - Peltidae
Peltinae indet. Kirby 1837
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
invalid subgroup of Peltidae
SMNS 66467
Insecta - Coleoptera - Nitidulidae
Nitidulidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
original and current combination Nitidulariae
SMNS 66470
Insecta - Coleoptera - Tenebrionidae
? Tenebrionidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
original and current combination Tenebrionites
SMNS 66472
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cucujidae
Cucujidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 2 specimens
Cucujipes
SMNS 66468, 66469
Insecta - Coleoptera - Cupedidae
Cupedidae indet. Laporte 1836
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66552
Insecta - Coleoptera - Ommatidae
Ommatidae indet. Sharp and Muir 1912
Wolf-Schwenninger and Schawaller 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66456
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Angarosphecidae
Cretobestiola sp. Pulawski and Rasnitsyn 2000
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66297
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Ampulicidae
Ampulicidae indet. Shuckard 1840
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66291
Cariridris bipetiolata Brandão and Martins-Neto 1990
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66565
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Vespidae
Vespidae indet. (Latreille 1802)
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66295
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sapygidae
Cretofedtschenkia santanensis n. gen., n. sp. Osten 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66594
Insecta - Hymenoptera
Parviformosus wohlrabeae n. gen., n. sp. Barling et al. 2013
Barling et al. 2013 1 specimen
SMNS 70902
Insecta - Hymenoptera - Sepulcidae
Prosyntexis gouleti Sharkey 1990
Jattiot et al. 2011 2 specimens
SMNS 66301, 66698a/b (4 measurements)
Insecta - Orthoptera - Proscopiidae
Eoproscopia martilli n. gen., n. sp. Heads 2008
Heads 2008 1 specimen
SMNS 66000-135 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Mantodea - Santanmantidae
Santanmantis axelrodi Grimaldi 2003
Grimaldi 2003 5 specimens
SMNS 112-115, 172 (112 is now SMNS 66677; Lee 2014) (10 measurements)
Insecta - Mantodea
Cretophotina santanensis n. sp. Lee 2014
Lee 2014 1 specimen
SMNS 67583 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Alienoptera - Alienopteridae
Vcelesvab cratocretokrat n. gen., n. sp. Vršanský et al. 2018
Vršanský et al. 2018 1 specimen
SNMS 66645
Insecta - Alienoptera - Umenocoleidae
Cratovitisma oldreadi n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66000-127
Ponopterix axelrodi Vršanský and Grimaldi 1999
Martill et al. 2007 6 specimens
SMNS 66326, 66329, 66334-36, 66338
Ponopterix maxima n. sp. Bechly 2007
Martill et al. 2007 13 specimens
synonym of Ponopterix axelrodi
SMNS 66332, 66323, 66324, 66325, 66327, 66328, 66330, 66331, 66332, 66333, 66337, 66562, 67574
Insecta - Blattodea - Blattulidae
Elisama hindwingnii n. sp. Lee 2016
Lee 2016 1 specimen
SMNS 67573
Elisama brevis (Mendes 2000)
Lee 2016 10 specimens
SMNS 67563, 67564, 67565, 67566, 67567, 67568, 67569, 67570, 67571, 67572
Elisama americana Vršanský 2002
Martill et al. 2007 2 specimens
synonym of Elisama brevis
SMNS 66000-125, 66316
Ocelloblattula santanensis n. sp. Lee 2016
Lee 2016 1 specimen
SMNS 66558
Insecta - Blattodea - Mesoblattinidae
Blattidae informal indet. B Latreille 1810
Martill et al. 2007 4 specimens
SMNS 66321, 66308, 66309
    = Perlucipecta santanensis n. sp. Lee 2016
Lee 2016
Also SMNS 66311
Insecta - Blattodea - Cratomastotermitidae
Cratomastotermes wolfschwenningeri n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2007
Martill et al. 2007 4 specimens
SMNS 66186-66188, ?66189 (4 measurements)
Insecta - Blattodea - Kalotermitidae
Cratokalotermes santanensis n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66195 (3 measurements)
Insecta - Blattodea
Mariconitermes talicei Fontes and Vulcano 1998
Martill et al. 2007 2 specimens
SMNS 66193, 66194 (2 measurements)
Cretarhinotermes novaolindense n. gen., n. sp. Bechly 2007
Martill et al. 2007 2 specimens
SMNS 66196, 66197 (2 measurements)
Nordestinatermes araripena (Krishna 1990)
Martill et al. 2007 2 specimens
original and current combination Meiatermes araripena
SMNS 66191,66192 (2 measurements)
Cretatermes pereirai Fontes and Vulcano 1998
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
synonym of Meiatermes araripena
SMNS 66517
Meiatermes hariolus Grimaldi 2008
Grimaldi et al. 2008 1 specimen
SMNS 66190 (part of Nordestinatermes araripena in Bechly, 2007) (1 measurement)
Insecta - Blattodea - Ectobiidae
Mesoblattina limai Pinto and Purper 1986
Martill et al. 2007 5 specimens
recombined as Piniblattella limai
SMNS 66312, 66314, 66315, 66319, 66322
Blattellidae informal indet. A Karny 1908
Martill et al. 2007 6 specimens
SMNS 66313, 66317, 66318
    = Piniblattella magna n. sp. Lee 2016
Lee 2016
Also SMNS 66000-116, 66310, 66320
Insecta - Chresmodidae
Chresmoda neotropica n. sp. Engel and Heads 2008
Delclòs et al. 2008 1 specimen
SMNS 66000-13 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Dermaptera - Anisolabididae
Kotejalabis goethitica Engel and Chatzimanolis 2005
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66515
Kotejalabis haeuseri n. sp. Haas 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66557
Cratoborellia gorbi n. gen., n. sp. Haas 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66556
Insecta - Dermaptera
Caririlabia berghoffi n. sp. Haas 2007
Martill et al. 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66555
Insecta - Hemiptera - Palaeontinidae
Colossocossus bechlyi n. sp. Menon and Heads 2005
Menon and Heads 2005 1 specimen
SMNS 65548 (1 measurement)
Colossocossus rugosa n. sp. Menon et al. 2005
Menon et al. 2005 1 specimen
SMNS 65503 (1 measurement)
Colossocossus loveridgei n. gen., n. sp. Menon et al. 2005
Menon et al. 2005 1 specimen
SMNS 65502 (1 measurement)
Baeocossus fortunatus n. sp. Menon and Heads 2005
Menon and Heads 2005 2 specimens
SMNS 65546, 65547 (3 measurements)
Parawonnacottella penneyi n. sp. Menon et al. 2005
Menon et al. 2005 1 specimen
SMNS 65504 (1 measurement)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Tettigarctidae
Tettagalma striata n. gen., n. sp. Menon 2005
Menon 2005 1 specimen
SMNS 65507 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Hydrometridae
Incertametra santanensis n. gen., n. sp. Perez Goodwyn 2002
Perez Goodwyn 2002 2 specimens
SMNS 64652, 64653 (3 measurements)
Hydrometridae indet. (Billberg 1820)
Perez Goodwyn 2002 1 specimen
SMNS 64654 (old numbers 218 and 147)
    = Christometra paradoxa Pêgas et al. 2017
Pêgas et al. 2017
Insecta - Hemiptera
Cratonepa enigmatica n. gen., n. sp. Jattiot et al. 2012
Jattiot et al. 2012 1 specimen
SMNS 66380 (2 measurements)
Insecta - Hemiptera - Belostomatidae
Neponymphes godoii Zamboni 2001
Popov and Bechly 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 66593
Insecta - Hemiptera - Gelastocoridae
Cratonerthra estevezae n. sp. López Ruf and Goodwyn 2005
López Ruf et al. 2005 1 specimen
SMNS 65416 (1 measurement)
Arachnida - Thelyphonida - Thelyphonidae
Mesoproctus rowlandi Dunlop 1998
Dunlop and Martill 2002 1 specimen
SMNS 64331
Arachnida - Amblypygi - Phrynidae
Britopygus weygoldti n. gen., n. sp. Dunlop and Martill 2002
Dunlop and Barov 2005 2 specimens
SMNS 64332; 66123 (in Dunlop and Barov, 2005)
Arachnida - Solifugae - Ceromidae
Cratosolpuga wunderlichi Selden 1996
Dunlop and Martill 2004 2 specimens
SMNS 65417, 65418
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Protoischnuridae
Protoischnurus axelrodorum de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001
Menon 2007 2 specimens
SMNS 65534, 65535
Arachnida - Scorpiones - Chactidae
Araripescorpius ligabuei Campos 1986
Menon 2007 1 specimen
SMNS 65536
Myriapoda - Scutigeromorpha - Scutigeridae
Fulmenocursor tenax n. gen., n. sp. Wilson 2001
Wilson 2001 1 specimen
SMNS 64275
Myriapoda - Scolopendromorpha - Scolopendridae
Cratoraricrus oberlii n. gen., n. sp. Wilson 2003
Wilson 2003 1 specimen
SMNS 64431
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil State/province:Ceará
Coordinates: 7.1° South, 39.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:8.6° South, 8.0° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 2-3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Aptian
Age range of interval:119.50000 - 113.00000 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:surface (in situ)
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SMNS
Collection method comments: Staatliches Museum fur Naturkunde, Stuttgart. Specimens were presumably purchased or donated.
Metadata
Database number:122557
Authorizer:M. Clapham, D. Smith Enterer:M. Clapham, J. Karr, E. Leckey, A. Benabbas
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:paleoentomology
Created:2012-01-03 06:25:15 Last modified:2022-03-15 07:08:42
Access level:the public Released:2012-01-03 06:25:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39073. V. N. Makarkin and F. Menon. 2007. First record of fossil "rapismatid-like" Ithonidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research 28:743-753 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

48602 N. Barling, S. W. Heads, and D. M. Martill. 2013. A new parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil: the first Mesozoic Pteromalidae. Cretaceous Research 45:258-264 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
35362 G. Bechly. 1998. New fossil dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of north-east Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 264:1-66 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
40110 G. Bechly. 2000. Two new fossil dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripegomphidae and Lindeniidae) from the Crato Limestone (Lower Cretaceous, Brazil). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 296:1-16 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
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