Mass mortality events of autochthonous faunas in a Lower Cretaceous Gondwanan Lagerstätte

AP Storari, T Rodrigues, RAM Bantim, FJ Lima… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Mass mortality events are unusual in the Crato Formation. Although mayflies' accumulations
have been previously reported from that unit, they lacked crucial stratigraphic data. Here we …

[HTML][HTML] Exceptional preservation in mayfly nymphs (Insecta: Ephemeroptera) from the Early Cretaceous of the Las Hoyas fossil site

ÁD Buscalioni, R Umamaheswaran… - Cretaceous …, 2025 - Elsevier
The present study focuses on a group of macroinvertebrates that have played an important
role in past and present lentic ecosystems: the Ephemeroptera. The study analyses the …

[PDF][PDF] Behavioural impacts on the taphonomy of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation, Brazil

NT Barling, SW Heads, DM Martill - Palaeoentomology, 2021 - academia.edu
The relative completeness of Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) fossils from the Crato
Formation is investigated and compared to other fossil insect groups from the same …

Redescription and phylogenetic placement of the Cretaceous wasp Parviformosus wohlrabeae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupomorpha)

M Haas, RA Burks, P Janšta, L Krogmann - 2020 - palaeo-electronica.org
ABSTRACT The Early Cretaceous fossil Parviformosus wohlrabeae Barling et al., 2013, has
been described as the oldest known member of the chalcidoid family Pteromalidae …

[HTML][HTML] Elucidating the megadiversity of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) with a multi-taxonomic approach

M Haas - 2022 - opus.uni-hohenheim.de
With over 22,500 described and up to 500,000 estimated species, the jewel wasps
(Chalcidoidea: Hymenoptera) are among the most species-rich insect lineages. Their …

[PDF][PDF] The Early Cretaceous Crato Formation Gymnosperms of North-east Brazil

EA Roberts - 2019 - researchportal.port.ac.uk
Abstract The Early Cretaceous (? Aptian) Crato Formation of north-east Brazil is well-known
for its diverse and well-preserved fossil assemblage, mostly pertaining to its insect and …