APPENDIX 1.
Query searches from the bibliography search. Click here for file - also presented for download.
| Santana Formation OR Crato Formation OR Ipubi Formation OR Araripe Basin |
+ | Acari | Mantophasmatodea |
| Arachnida | Mecoptera | ||
| Blattaria | Megaloptera | ||
| Blattodea | Mollusca | ||
| Coleoptera | Myriapoda | ||
| Crustacea | Neuroptera | ||
| Dermaptera | Odonata | ||
| Diplura | Orthoptera | ||
| Diptera | Phasmatodea | ||
| Echinodermata | Phthriraptera | ||
| Embiidina | Plecoptera | ||
| Embioptera | Psocodea | ||
| Ephemeroptera | Psocoptera | ||
| Grylloblatodea | Raphidioptera | ||
| Hemiptera | Siphonaptera | ||
| Hymenoptera | Strepsiptera | ||
| Insecta | Thysanoptera | ||
| Lepidoptera | Trichoptera | ||
| Mantodea | Zoraptera | ||
| Zygentoma |
APPENDIX 2.
List of fossil invertebrate species from the Santana Group. Click here for file - presented for download due to size.
APPENDIX 3.
List of articles and book chapters describing new species. Click here for file - also presented for download.
| REFERENCE | HAS BRAZILIAN AUTHOR? (Y, Yes; N, No) |
AVAILABILITY (ARO, available through publication web site; DRG, available via ResearchGate or other self-archiving sites; PAW, Paywall; INO, not available online) |
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| Amorim, D. S., & Mazzarolo, L. A. (2000). Cratomyia macrorrhyncha, a Lower Cretaceous brachyceran fossil from the Santana Formation, Brazil, representing a new species, genus and family of the Stratiomyomorpha (Diptera). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 31(1), 91-102. | Y | DRG |
| Azar, D., & Nel, A. (2002). New Cretaceous psychodid flies from Lebanese amber and Santana Formation (Chapada do Araripe, Brazil)(Diptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 38, (3), 253-262. | N | DRG |
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| Bechly, G. (1998). New Fossil Dragonflies from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of North-East Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B, 264: 1-66. | N | DRG |
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| Bechly, G. (2007a). 'Blattaria': cockroaches and roachoids. In Martill, D. M, Bechly, G. & Loveridge R. F. (Eds), The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil (pp. 239-249) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press | N | DRG |
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| Bechly, G. (2007c). Odonata: damselflies and dragonflies. In: Martill, D. M, Bechly, G. & Loveridge R. F. (Eds), The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil (pp. 184-222) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. | N | DRG |
| Bechly, G. (2010). Additions to the fossil dragonfly fauna from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Insecta: Odonata). Palaeodiversity, 3(Suppl.), 11-77. | N | ARO |
| Bechly, G. & Ueda, K. (2002). The first fossil record and first New World record for the dragonfly clade Chlorogomphida (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripechlorogomphidae n. fam.) from the Crato Limestone (Lower Cretaceous, Brazil). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur naturkunde, Ser B, 328: 1-11. | N | DRG |
| Bechly, G., & Makarkin, V. N. (2016). A new gigantic lacewing species (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil confirms the occurrence of Kalligrammatidae in the Americas. Cretaceous Research, 58, 135-140. | N | ARO |
| Bechly, G., Nel, A., Martínez-Delclòs, X., Jarzembowski, E. A., Coram, R., Martill, D.,... & Maisch, M. (2001). A revision and phylogenetic study of Mesozoic Aeshnoptera, with description of several new families, genera and species (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera). Neue Paläontologische Abhandlungen, 4, 1-219. | N | DRG |
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| Brandão, C. R. F., Martins-Neto, R. G., & Vulcano, M. A. (1989). The earliest known fossil ant (first southern hemisphere Mesozoic record)(Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 96(3-4), 195-208. | Y | DRG |
| Brandão, N. C., Bittencourt, J. S., Calor, A. R., Mendes, M., & Langer, M. C. (2021). The Ephemeroptera (Hexapoda, Insecta) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (NE Brazil): a new genus and species, and reassessment of Costalimella zucchii Zamboni, 2001 and Cratogenites corradiniae Martins-Neto, 1996. Cretaceous Research, 127, 104923. | Y | ARO |
| Brito, I.M. (1987). Nota preliminar sobre uma nova efêmera do Cretáceo do Ceará (Insecta Ephemeroptera). In: CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE PALEONTOLOGIA, 10, Rio de Janeiro, 1987. Anais, Rio de Janeiro, SBP, p. 593-597. | Y | DRG |
| Bueno, G. M., Machado, R. J., Martins, C. C., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2025). Taxonomic reassessment of the genera Blittersdorffia and Diegopteryx (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation with the description of three new species. Cretaceous Research, 169, 106081. | Y | ARO |
| Campos, D. R. B. (1986). Primeiro registro fóssil de Scorpionoidea da Chapada do Araripe (Cretáceo Inferior), Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 58:135-137 | Y | DRG |
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| Carmo, D. D. D., Sampronha, S., Santos, C. M. D., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2022a). Cretaceous Horse flies and their phylogenetic significance (Diptera: Tabanidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 80, 295-307. | Y | ARO |
| Carmo, D. D., Lamas, C. J., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2022b). The oldest fossil Stiletto fly: a new genus and species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Diptera: Therevidae). Cretaceous Research, 130, 105039. | Y | ARO |
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| Cassola, F., & Werner, K. (2004). A fossil tiger beetle specimen from the Brazilian Mesozoic: Oxycheilopsis cretacicus n. gen., n. sp. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 94, 75-81. | N | ARO |
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| Downen, M. R., & Selden, P. A. (2021). The earliest palpimanid spider (Araneae: palpimanidae), from the Crato fossil-lagerstätte (cretaceous, Brazil). The Journal of Arachnology, 49(1), 91-97. | N | ARO |
| Dunlop, J. A. (1998). A fossil whipscorpion from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Journal of Arachnology, 291-295. | N | DRG |
| Dunlop, J. A. (2007). A large parasitengonid mite (Acari, Erythraeoidea) from the early Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Fossil Record, 10(2), 91-98. | N | ARO |
| Dunlop, J. A., & Martill, D. M. (2001). The first whipspider (Arachnida: Amblypygi) and three new whipscorpions (Arachnida: Thelyphonida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato formation of Brazil. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 92(3), 325-334. | N | DRG |
| Engel, M. S. & Chatzimanolis, S. (2005). Early Cretaceous earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Santana Formation, Brazil. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 74: 219-226. | N | DRG |
| Fontes, L. R. & Vulcano, M. A. (1998). Cupins fósseis do Novo Mundo. In Fontes, L. R., & Filho, E. B. (Eds.), Cupins: O Desafio do Conhecimento 243-295 | Y | INO |
| Freitas, L. C., Moura, G. J. D., & Saraiva, A. A. (2016). First occurrence and paleo-ecological implications of insects (Orthoptera: Ensifera Gryllidae) in the Romualdo Member of the Santana Formation, Eo-Cretaceous of the Araripe Basin. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 88, 2113-2120. | Y | ARO |
| Freitas, L. C., Rasnitsyn, A. P., Moura, G. J., & Mendes, M. (2020). New species of Myrmicium Westwood (Psedosiricidae= Myrmiciidae: Hymenoptera, Insecta) from the Early Cretaceous (Aptian) of the Araripe Basin, Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 92. | Y | ARO |
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| Goodwyn, P. J. P. (2002). A new genus of water measurer from the Lower Cretaceous Crato formation in Brazil (Insecta: Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Hydrometridae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 316:1-9 | N | INO |
| Gratshev, V. G., & Legalov, A. A. (2014). The Mesozoic stage of evolution of the family Nemonychidae (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea). Paleontological Journal, 48, 851-944. | N | ARO |
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| Grimaldi, D. A. (2003). A revision of Cretaceous mantises and their relationships, including new taxa (Insecta: Dictyoptera: Mantodea). American Museum Novitates, 3412: 1-47. | N | ARO |
| Grimaldi, D. A., Engel, M. S. & Krishna K. (2008). The Species of Isoptera (Insecta) from The Early Cretaceous Crato Formation: A Revision. American Museum Novitates 3626: 1-30. | N | ARO |
| Haas, F. (2007). Dermaptera: earwigs. In Martill, D. M, Bechly, G. & Loveridge R. F. (Eds), The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil (pp. 222-234) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press | N | DRG |
| Hamilton, K.G.A. (1990). Homoptera. In Grimaldi, D. A., Maisey, J. G., McCafferty, W. P., Carle, F. L., Wighton, D. C., Popham, E. J.,... & Oswald, J. D. (Eds.) Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. (pp. 82-122) Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 195. | N | ARO |
| Heads, S. W. (2008). The first fossil Proscopiidae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea) with comments on the historical biogeography and evolution of the family. Palaeontology, 51(2): 499-507. | N | ARO |
| Heads, S. W., Martill, D. M. & Loveridge, R. F. (2005). An exceptionally preserved antlion (Insecta, Neuroptera) with colour pattern preservation from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Palaeontology 48: 1409-1417. | N | ARO |
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| Jattiot, R., Bechly, G., Garrouste, R., & Nel, A. (2012). An enigmatic Nepoidea from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Cretaceous Research, 34, 344-347. | N | ARO |
| Jepson, J. E., & Heads, S. W. (2016). Fossil Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Zootaxa, 4098(1), 134-144. | N | PAW |
| Jepson, J. E., Ansorge, J., & Jarzembowski, E. A. (2011). New snakeflies (Insecta: Raphidioptera) from the Lower Cretaceous of the UK, Spain and Brazil. Palaeontology, 54(2), 385-395. | N | ARO |
| Jouault, C., & Nel, A. (2021a). A new species of Prosyntexis Sharkey, 1990 (Hymenoptera: Sepulcidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil confirmed by geometric morphometric analysis. Palaeoentomology 004: 171-177. | N | DRG |
| Jouault, C., & Nel, A. (2021b). A new myrmeleontoid genus and species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation (Neuroptera, Babinskaiidae). Palaeoentomology, 4(3), 204-208. | N | DRG |
| Jouault, C., Pouillon, J. M. & Nel, A. (2020). The first fossil horntail wasp (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) from Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation in Brazil. Palaeoentomology 003: 382-389. | N | DRG |
| Krishna, K. (1990). Isoptera. In Grimaldi, D. A., Maisey, J. G., McCafferty, W. P., Carle, F. L., Wighton, D. C., Popham, E. J.,... & Oswald, J. D. (Eds.) Insects from the Santana Formation, Lower Cretaceous, of Brazil. (pp. 76-81). Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 195. | N | ARO |
| Krogmann, L., & Nel, A. (2012). On the edge of parasitoidism: a new Lower Cretaceous woodwasp forming the putative sister group of Xiphydriidae+ Euhymenoptera. Systematic Entomology, 37(1), 215-222. | N | ARO |
| Krogmann, L., Engel, M. S., Bechly, G., & Nel, A. (2013). Lower Cretaceous origin of long-distance mate finding behaviour in Hymenoptera (Insecta). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 11(1), 83-89. | N | ARO |
| Krzemiński, W., Kania, I., & Lukashevich, E. (2015). The first South American record of fossil Eoptychopterinae (Ptychopteridae, Diptera) from Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation. Cretaceous Research, 52, 548-555. | N | ARO |
| Krzemiński, W., Kopeć, K., & Kania, I. (2017). New and little known species from the genus Leptotarsus Guerin-Meneville, 1831 (Diptera: Tipulidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Northern Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 78, 103-108. | N | ARO |
| Lamas, C. J. E., Sampronha, S., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2022). A new robber fly from the lower Cretaceous (Aptian) Crato formation of NE Brazil (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae). Cretaceous Research, 131, 105114. | Y | ARO |
| Lee, S. (2016). Taxonomic diversity of cockroach assemblages (Blattaria, Insecta) of the Aptian Crato Formation (Cretaceous, NE Brazil). Geologica Carpathica. 67(5) 433 - 450 | N | ARO |
| Lee, S.W. (2014). New Lower Cretaceous basal mantodean (Insecta) from the Crato Formation (NE Brazil). Geologica Carpathica, 65(4): 285-292. | N | ARO |
| Lepeco, A., Meira, O. M., Matielo, D. M., Brandão, C. R., & Camacho, G. P. (2025). A hell ant from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Current Biology, 35(9), 2146-2153. | Y | ARO |
| Legalov, A. A. (2022). First record of orsodacnid leaf beetle (Coleoptera: Orsodacnidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Historical Biology, 34(3), 453-457. | N | ARO |
| Lukashevich, E. D., Amorim, D. D. S., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2021). A Gondwanan record of the extinct genus Cretobibio (Diptera: Bibionidae). Palaeoentomology, 4(5), 468-474. | Y | DRG |
| Machado, R. J., Freitas, A. V., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2021). A new giant species of the remarkable extinct family Kalligrammatidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 120, 104724. | Y | ARO |
| Machado, R. J. P., Bueno, G. M., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2025). A new genus of Bittacidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous of Brazil). Historical Biology, 1-5. | Y | ARO |
| Makarkin, V. & Menon, F. (2005). New species of the Mesochrysopidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Crato Formation of Brazil (Lower Cretaceous), with taxonomic treatment of the family. Cretaceous Research 26: 801-812. | N | ARO |
| Makarkin, V. N. (2022). A new important species of Nymphidae (Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Zootaxa, 5175(3), 377-382. | N | DRG |
| Makarkin, V. N., & Menon, F. (2007). First record of fossil ‘rapismatid-like’ Ithonidae (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 28(5), 743-753. | N | ARO |
| Makarkin, V. N., Wedmann, S., & Heads, S. W. (2018). A systematic reappraisal of Araripeneuridae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea), with description of new species from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil. Cretaceous Research, 84, 600-621. | N | ARO |
| Makarkin, V., Heads, S. W. & Wedmann, S. (2017). Taxonomic study of the Cretaceous lacewing family Babinskaiidae (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontoidea: Nymphidoidae), with description of new taxa. Cretaceous Research 78: 149-160. | N | ARO |
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| Martins-Neto, R. G. (1987a). Primeiro registro de decápode na Formação Santana, Bacia do Araripe (Cretáceo Inferior), Brasil. Ciência e Cultura, 39(308): 406-410. | Y | INO |
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| Martins-Neto, R. G. (1988a) A new fossil insect (Homoptera, Cixiidae) from the Santana formation (Lower Cretaceous), Araripe Basin, Northeast Brazil. Interciencia 13: 313-316 [313] | Y | DRG |
| Martins-Neto, R. G. (1988b). A new genus and species of Cixiidae (Homoptera, Fulgoroidea) from the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous) Araripe basin, northeast Brazil. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia, 11(26),7-14 | Y | DRG |
| Martins-Neto, R. G. (1989). Primeiro registro de Phasmatodea (Insecta, Orthopteromorpha) na Formação Santana, Bacia do Araripe (Cretáceo Inferior), Nordeste do Brasil. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia, 12(28), 91-104. | Y | INO |
| Martins-Neto, R. G. (1990a). Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior) Bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil. VI -- Ensaio filogenético das espécies do gênero Blittersdorffia Martins-Neto and Vulcano, com descrição de nova espécie. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia 13(31):3-12 | Y | DRG |
| Martins-Neto, R. G. (1990b). Primeiro registro de Dermaptera (Insecta, Orthopteromorpha) na Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 34:775-784 | Y | INO |
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