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New data on the stem and leaf anatomy of two conifers from the Lower Cretaceous of the Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil, and their taxonomic and paleoecological implications. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
Pseudofrenelopsis and Brachyphyllum are two conifers that were part of the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) taphoflora of the Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, northeastern Brazil. The former genus includes, so far, P.
Maria Edenilce Peixoto Batista, Delmira da Costa Silva, Marcos A F Sales, Artur A Sá, Antônio A F Saraiva, Maria Iracema Bezerra Loiola   +5 more
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New species of Myrmicium Westwood (Psedosiricidae = Myrmiciidae: Hymenoptera, Insecta) from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of the Araripe Basin, Brazil [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2020
This paper records the first occurrence of the genus Myrmicium Westwood, 1854 in the Cretaceous of Gondwana and describes it as a new species Myrmicium araripterum sp. nov, based on the most complete specimen of this genus yet known, which represents the
LUÍS C.B. FREITAS, ALEXANDR P. RASNITSYN, GERALDO J.B. MOURA, MARCIO MENDES   +3 more
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Taxonomic diversity of cockroach assemblages (Blattaria, Insecta) of the Aptian Crato Formation (Cretaceous, NE Brazil)

Geologica Carpathica, 2016
A comprehensive revision of 981 specimens of fossil cockroaches from the Lower Cretaceous laminated limestones of the Crato Formation of Northeast Brazil shows that they belong to eleven taxa, including Piniblattella limai, P. magna sp.
Lee Shih-Wei
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A new small-bodied azhdarchoid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of England and its implications for pterosaur anatomy, diversity and phylogeny [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Pterosaurs have been known from the Cretaceous sediments of the Isle of Wight (southern England, United Kingdom) since 1870. We describe the three-dimensional pelvic girdle and associated vertebrae of a small near-adult pterodactyloid from ...
AJ Veldmeijer, Andrew A. Farke, AO Averianov, AWA Kellner, AWA Kellner, B Andres, B Andres, B Sánchez-Hernández, C Fuentes Vidarte, C-C Young, CC Swisher, D Naish, Darren Naish, DM Martill, DM Martill, DM Martill, DM Unwin, DM Unwin, DM Unwin, DM Unwin, E Frey, FE Novas, Gareth Dyke, HY He, J Lü, J Lü, J Lü, L Steel, LPAM Claessens, M Fastnacht, M Witton, Martin Simpson, MI Simpson, MP Witton, MW Maisch, P Wellnhofer, P Wellnhofer, P Wellnhofer, P Wellnhofer, PA Goloboff, PA Goloboff, R Vullo, R Vullo, R Wild, RA Elgin, RJ Butler, RW Hooley, RW Hooley, RW Hooley, S-X Jiang, SC Bennett, SC Bennett, SC Bennett, SC Bennett, SC Bennett, SC Sweetman, SW Williston, W Xiaolin, X Wang, X Wang, X Wang   +60 more
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Cretaceous Pterosaurs of the Araripe Basin: A Comprehensive Taxonomic Update and Paleobiological Insights [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
More than fifty years after the first discoveries of pterosaurs in the Araripe Basin, this sedimentary unit remains one of the most informative windows into the diversity and biology of these fantastic flying reptiles.
FELIPE L. PINHEIRO, ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER, JOÃO L. DA SILVA, RUDAH R.C. DUQUE, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, ESAÚ V. DE ARAÚJO, FABIANA R. COSTA, RICHARD BUCHMANN, GABRIELA M. CERQUEIRA, LUCAS CANEJO, VICTOR BECCARI, RENAN A.M. BANTIM, BORJA HOLGADO, RUBI V. PÊGAS   +13 more
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Reassignment of Lioestheria codoensis Cardoso (Spinicaudata, Anthronestheriidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil: systematics and paleoecology [PDF]

, 2013
 Lioestheria codoensis Cardoso was described from materials originally collected from the Codó Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Parnaíba Basin, Piauí State), northeastern Brazil. Since its discovery L.
Astrop, Timothy Ian, Gallego, Oscar Florencio, Monferran, Mateo Daniel, Zacarias, Iracema Anahi   +3 more
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The oldest fossil mushroom. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
A new fossil mushroom is described and illustrated from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeast Brazil. Gondwanagaricites magnificus gen. et sp. nov.
Sam W Heads, Andrew N Miller, J Leland Crane, M Jared Thomas, Danielle M Ruffatto, Andrew S Methven, Daniel B Raudabaugh, Yinan Wang   +7 more
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Exploring the complex cranial morphology of Tupandactylus imperator (Pterodactyloidea, Tapejaridae) based on a new specimen [PDF]

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Tupandactylus imperator, a striking tapejarid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation (Araripe Basin), is renowned for its extraordinary cranial crest, one of the proportionally largest among pterosaurs and, indeed, also among all ...
LUCAS CANEJO, JULIANA M. SAYÃO, ALEXANDER W.A. KELLNER   +2 more
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Marine or freshwater? Accessing the paleoenvironmental parameters of the Caldas Bed, a key marker bed in the Crato Formation (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil)

Brazilian Journal of Geology, 2020
The Aptian Crato Formation is world renowned for its well-preserved fossils in microbially-induced laminated limestones, which are regarded as one of the main Cretaceous Konservat-Lagerstätte of the geological record. Detailed stratigraphic investigation
Filipe Giovanini Varejão, Victor Ribeiro Silva, Mario Luis Assine, Lucas Veríssimo Warren, Suzana Aparecida Matos, Mariza Gomes Rodrigues, Franz Theodor Fürsich, Marcello Guimarães Simões   +7 more
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Revised systematics, phylogeny, and paleontology of the mayfly family Baetiscidae (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) [PDF]

Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 2022
The systematics of all known extant and fossil taxa of the mayfly family Baetiscidae is reviewed. Previously described fossil Baetiscidae are critically reviewed and their systematic position is re-evaluated.
Arnold H. Staniczek, Arianny P. Storari, Roman J. Godunko   +2 more
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