Abstract
Two new genera and species of Megaloptera are described from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cratocorydalopsis brasiliensis gen. et sp. nov. and Lithocorydalus fuscata gen. et sp. nov. are both placed within the family Corydalidae. The specimens represent the first Cretaceous examples of adult megalopteran body fossils not preserved in amber, and are the first megalopterans to be formally described from the Crato Formation.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 134-144 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Zootaxa |
| Volume | 4098 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 5 2016 |
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Keywords
- Aptian
- Corydalidae
- Fossil record
- Mesozoic
- Neuropterida
- New taxa
- South America
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
- Animal Science and Zoology
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Fossil Megaloptera (Insecta : Neuropterida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. / Jepson, James E.; Heads, Sam William.
In: Zootaxa, Vol. 4098, No. 1, 05.04.2016, p. 134-144.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
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