New Lower Cretaceous basal mantodean (Insecta) from the Crato Formation (NE Brazil)
Mantodea are very rare in the fossil record. 28 fossil species are reported since the earliest occurrence of mantodeans in the Upper Jurassic (Tithonian). Here, I describe Cretophotina santanensis n. sp. from the Aptian (Lower Cretaceous) Crato Formation of Chapada do Araripe (northeastern Brazil)....
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Earth Science Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia
2014-08-01
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| Series: | Geologica Carpathica |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/geoca.2014.65.issue-4/geoca-2014-0019/geoca-2014-0019.xml?format=INT |
