Crato (Regional University of Cariri LPU/MPSC collection) (Cretaceous of Brazil)

Where: Ceara, Brazil (7.1° S, 39.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° S, 8.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Crato Formation (Santana Group), Late/Upper Aptian (122.5 - 113.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts, replaced with limonite, replaced with other

Collection methods: Repository: Regional University of Cariri (URCA) Palaeontology Laboratory (LPU) and Plácido Cidade Nuvens Palaeontology Museum (MPSC)

Primary reference: P. A. Selden, F. C. Casado, and M. V. Mesquita. 2006. Mygalomorph spiders (Araneae: Dipluridae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Lagerstätte, Araripe basin, north-east Brazil. Palaeontology 49:817-826 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 34901: authorized by Dena Smith, entered by April Kinchloe on 14.10.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Arachnida
 Araneae - Dipluridae
Dinodiplura ambulacra
Dinodiplura ambulacra Selden 2006 funnel-web tarantula
MPSC A883
 Thelyphonida - Thelyphonidae
Mesoproctus rayoli n. sp.5
Mesoproctus rayoli n. sp.5 Santana et al. 2024 whip scorpion
MPSC A4295, A4205
 Solifugae - Ceromidae
Cratosolpuga wunderlichi5
Cratosolpuga wunderlichi5 Selden 1996 camel spider
MPSC A6696
 Scorpiones - Protoischnuridae
Protoischnurus axelrodorum3
Protoischnurus axelrodorum3 de Carvalho and Lourenço 2001 scorpion
MPSC A355, 704, 884, 886
Insecta
 Ephemeroptera - Hexagenitidae
Hexagenitidae indet.6
Hexagenitidae indet.6 Lameere 1917 mayfly
MPSC I 763, I 1559; MPSC I 4248 (LPU 1144)
 Ephemeroptera - Astraeopteridae
Eosophobia acuta n. gen. n. sp.8, Astraeoptera oligovenata n. sp.8, Astraeoptera vitrea n. sp.8
Eosophobia acuta n. gen. n. sp.8 Storari et al. 2023 mayfly
MPSC I 7439 (formerly SMF VI 802)
Astraeoptera oligovenata n. sp.8 Storari et al. 2023 mayfly
MPSC I 7438 (formerly SMF VI 743)
Astraeoptera vitrea n. sp.8 Storari et al. 2023 mayfly
MPSC I 7437 (formerly SMF VI 1026)
 Hemiptera - Hydrometridae
Christometra paradoxa n. gen. n. sp.4
Christometra paradoxa n. gen. n. sp.4 Pêgas et al. 2017 marsh treader
MPSC I1245
 Orthoptera -
Grylloidea indet.7
Grylloidea indet.7 Laicharting 1781 grasshopper
LPU P1-P4
 Orthoptera - Baissogryllidae
Cearagryllus sp.7
Cearagryllus sp.7 Martins-Neto 1991 grasshopper
LPU P6
 Neuroptera - Mesochrysopidae
Dryellina placida n. gen. n. sp.1
Dryellina placida n. gen. n. sp.1 Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2009 lacewing
MPSC I-1204
 Neuroptera - Osmylidae
Nuddsia repatriata n. sp.2
Nuddsia repatriata n. sp.2 Martins-Neto 2010 lance lacewing
MPSC I-1889
1Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2009; 2Martins-Neto and Rodrigues 2010; 3Menon 2007; 4Pêgas et al. 2017; 5Santana et al. 2024; 6Storari et al. 2021; 7Storari et al. 2024; 8Storari et al. 2023