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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)
Alencar, D. R., Pinheiro, A. P., Saraiva, A. Á. F., Oliveira, G. D., & Santana, W. (2018). A new genus and species of Solenoceridae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Dendrobranchiata) from the Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian) of the Araripe sedimentary Basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4527(4), 494-500. Y DRG
Alencar, D. R., Santana, W., Pinheiro, A. P., Lima, D., Feitosa Saraiva, A. Á., & de Oliveira, G. R. (2023). New Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian) boxer shrimp (Crustacea, Decapoda, Stenopodidea) from the Araripe Sedimentary Basin, NE, Brazil. Plos one, 18(3), e0281334. Y ARO
Amorim, D. D. S., Oliveira, S. S., do Carmo, D. D. D., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2023). The oldest Gondwanan fossil of Leiinae (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): Phylogenetic and evolutionary implications. Cladistics, 39(1), 43-57. Y DRG
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
Barling, B., Heads, S. W. & Martill, D. M. (2013). A new parasitoid wasp (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil: The first Mesozoic Pteromalidae. Cretaceous Research 45: 258-264. N PAW
Barros, O. A., & de Oliveira, P. V. (2023). New Dendrobranchiata fossil preserved in the Brazilian Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian) from the Araripe Basin, Piauí State. Zootaxa, 5264(4), 545-563. Y PAW
Batelka, J., Beutel, R. G., Biffi, G., & Lepeco, A. (2025). The earliest parasitoid beetle (Tenebrionoidea: Ripiphoridae) and an overview of Coleoptera from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation. Cretaceous Research, 106198. Y ARO
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
Bechly, G. (2000). Two new fossil dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera: Araripegomphidae and Lindeniidae) from the Crato Limestone (Lower Cretaceous, Brazil). Stuttgarter Beitrage zur naturkunde, Serie B, 296: 1-16. N DRG
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
Bechly, G. (2007b). Isoptera: termites. In Martill, D. M, Bechly, G. & Loveridge R. F. (Eds), The Crato Fossil Beds of Brazil (pp. 249-262) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press N DRG
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
Beurlen, K. (1964). As espécies dos Cassiopinae, nova subfamília dos Turriteliidae, no Cretáceo do Brasil. Arq. de Geol. [UFPE] 5, 1-43. Y INO
Beurlen, K. (1966). Novos equinóides no Cretáceo do Nordeste do Brasil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 38(3-4), 455-464. Y DRG
Bezerra, F. I., DeSouza, O., Ribeiro, G. C., & Mendes, M. (2021). A new primitive termite (Isoptera) from the Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Early Cretaceous of South America. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 109, 103260. Y ARO
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
Carle, F. L. & Wighton, D. C. (1990). Odonata. 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. 51-86). Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 195. N ARO
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
Carvalho, M. G. P. de, & Lourenço, W. R. (2001). A new family of fossil scorpions from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences Paris, Sciences de la Terre et des Planètes 332:711-716 Y ARO
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
Cressey, R.F. & Boxshall, G.A. (1989). Kabatarina pattersoni, a fossil parasitic copepod (Dichelesthiidae) from a Lower Cretaceous fish. Micropaleontology, New York. 35(2):150-167, pls. 1-10. N ARO
Darling, D. C. (1990). Hymenoptera. 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. 51-86). Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 195. N ARO
Delclòs, X., Nel, A., Azar, D., Bechly, G., Dunlop, J. A., Engel, M. S., & Heads, S. W. (2008). The enigmatic Mesozoic insect taxon Chresmodidae (Polyneoptera): New palaeobiological and phylogenetic data, with the description of a new species from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie-Abhandlungen, 247(3), 353. N DRG
Demoulin, G. (1955). Sur une larve siphlonuridienne d’ephémère fossile du Br←sil. Bulletin et Annales de la Societ← Royal Entomologique Belgique, 91(11/12): 270. N DRG
Dittmann, I. L., Hörnig, M. K., Haug, J. T., & Haug, C. (2015). Raptoblatta waddingtonae n. gen. et n. sp.--an Early Cretaceous roach-like insect with a mantodean-type raptorial foreleg. Palaeodiversity, 8, 103-111. N ARO
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
Ghirotto, V. M., Crispino, E. B., Chiquetto‐Machado, P. I., Neves, P. A., Engelking, P. W., & Ribeiro, G. C. (2022). The oldest Euphasmatodea (Insecta, Phasmatodea): modern morphology in an Early Cretaceous stick insect fossil from the Crato Formation of Brazil. Papers in Palaeontology, 8(3), e1437. Y ARO
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
Grimaldi, D. (1990). Diptera. 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.164-183). Bulletin of the AMNH; no. 195. N ARO
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
Jarzembowski, E. A., Martı́nez-Delclòs, X., Bechly, G., Nel, A., Coram, R., & Escuillié, F. (1998). The Mesozoic non-calopterygoid Zygoptera: description of new genera and species from the Lower Cretaceous of England and Brazil and their phylogenetic significance (Odonata, Zygoptera, Coenagrionoidea, Hemiphlebioidea, Lestoidea). Cretaceous Research, 19(3-4), 403-444. N ARO
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
Martill, D. M., & Barker, M. J. (1998). A new centipede (Arthropoda, Chilopoda) from the Crato Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of NE Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen, 395-404. N PAW
Martill, D. M., & Nel, A. (1996). A new dragonfly from the Crato Fomation (Lower Cretaceous, Aptian) of N.E. Brazil. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie. Abhandlungen. Stuttgart, 5: 279-292. N PAW
Martins Neto, R. G. & Vulcano, M. A. (1997). Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formaçao Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, Nordeste do Brasil: VIII -- Descriçao de novos taxa de Myrmeleontidae, Ascalaphidae e Nemopteridadae [sic]. Revista da Universidade de Guarulhos, Série Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde 2(5):64-81. Y DRG
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
Martins-Neto, R. G. (1987b). Um novo gênero de Orthoptera (Insecta, Grylloidea) da Formação Santana, Bacia do Araripe (Cretáceo Inferior), Nordeste do Brasil. In: CONGRESSO BRASILEIRO DE PALEONTOLOGIA, 10, Rio de Janeiro, 1987. Anais, Rio de Janeiro, SBP, p. 599-609. Y INO
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
Martins-Neto, R. G. (1990c). The family Locustopsidae (Insecta, Caelifera) in the Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous, Northeast Brazil). I - Description of two new species of the genus Locustopsis Handlirsch and three new species of the genus Zessinia n. gen. In: SIMPÓSIO SOBRE A BACIA DO ARARIPE E BACIAS INTERIORES DO NORDESTE, 1, Crato, 1990. Anais, Crato, Departamento Nacional da Produção Mineral, p. 227-291. Y INO
Martins-Neto, R. G. (1990d). Um novo gênero e duas novas espécies de Tridactylidae (Insecta, Caelifera) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 62(1): 51-59. Y DRG
Martins-Neto, R. G. (1991). Sistemática dos Ensifera (Insecta, Orthopteroida) da Formação Santana, Cretáceo Inferior do Nordeste do Brasil. Acta Geologica Leopoldensia, 32(14): 3-162. Y ARO
Martins-Neto, R. G. (1992a). Neurópteros (Insecta, Planipennia) da Formação Santana (Cretáceo Inferior), Bacia do Araripe, nordeste do Brasil. V - Aspectos filogenéticos, paleoecológicos, paleobiogeográficos e descrição de novos taxa. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 64:117-148 Y DRG
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