New Blattoptera from Early Cretaceous of Santana Formation (Araripe Basin, NE Brazil) and a review of Arariplebatta Mendes, 2000
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https://doi.org/10.4013/4689Abstract
Arariplebatta Mendes is here reviewed taking into account its previous diagnosis in Portuguese, the proposal of a new species, A. cesi, and an emended diagnosis of Blattulopsis beckeri Mendes. To include the genus and the new related forms the new family Araripeblattidae is presented and Elisama americana Vršanský is considered a synonym of Araripeblatta brevis Mendes. Those Blattoptera came from the same laminated limestones from the basal part of Santana Formation, Ceará State, Northeast Brazil, Late Aptian in age, where the original samples were collected.
Key words: Blattopera, Araripeblatta, Araripeblattidae n. fam., Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, Brazil.Downloads
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