High fidelity preservation of fossil insects from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil

Nathan Barling; David M. Martill; Sam W. Heads; Florence Gallien

doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.007

High fidelity preservation of fossil insects from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Brazil

Nathan Barling, David M. Martill, Sam W. Heads, Florence Gallien

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Abstract

Fossil insects from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato Formation of north-east Brazil are preserved as goethite replacements in laminated limestones of lacustro-lagoonal origin. They display remarkable degrees of morphological detail down to the macromolecular level in some examples. We document the fidelity of preservation and reveal an astonishing variety of morphological detail comparable in some instances with that found in amber inclusions.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	605-622
Journal	Cretaceous Research
Volume	52
Issue number	Part B
Early online date	7 Jun 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.007
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015

Keywords

Insect
Taphonomy
Early Cretaceous
Aptian
Crato Formation
Brazil

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