Deciphering the preservation of fossil insects: a case study from the Crato Member, Early Cretaceous of Brazil

Deciphering the preservation of fossil insects: a case study from the Crato Member, Early Cretaceous of Brazil

Exceptionally well-preserved three-dimensional insects with fine details and even labile tissues are ubiquitous in the Crato Member Konservat Lagerstätte (northeastern Brazil). Here we investigate the preservational pathways which yielded such specimens. We employed high resolution techniques (EDXRF...

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Main Authors: Gabriel Ladeira Osés, Setembrino Petri, Bruno Becker-Kerber, Guilherme Raffaeli Romero, Marcia de Almeida Rizzutto, Fabio Rodrigues, Douglas Galante, Tiago Fiorini da Silva, Jessica F. Curado, Elidiane Cipriano Rangel, Rafael Parra Ribeiro, Mírian Liza Alves Forancelli Pacheco
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2016-12-01
Series:PeerJ
Subjects:
Taphonomy
Paleometry
Early Cretaceous
Araripe Basin
Crato Member
Exceptional preservation
Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/2756.pdf

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