International Geological Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association

Campanian terrestrial arthropods from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation, Difunta Group in northeastern Mexico

Published: Oct 2006

Pages: 347 - 354

Authors: PAULINA CIFUENTES-RUIZ, PETER VRSANSKY, FRANCISCO J. VEGA, SERGIO R.S. CEVALLOS-FERRIZ, ENRIQUE GONZALEZ-SORIANO, CARLOS R. DELGADO DE JESUS

Abstract: The Campanian assemblage of arthropods from the Cerro del Pueblo Formation in northeastern Mexico display some primitive characteristics. It consists of a small spider, a dragonfly assigned to the Libelluloidea, and cockroach Xonpepetla rinconensis Cifuentes-Ruiz et Vrsansky gen. et sp. nov. The last represents the latest record of the family Blattulidae and appears to be derived from the Aptian or Albian Cretaceous cockroaches of the genus Elisama Giebel, 1856 from the Crato Formation, Brazil.

Keywords: Creataceous, Campanian, NE Mexico, Insecta, Odonata, Blattaria (Blattodea), new genus, new species, Aranea

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Volume 57 no. 5 / October 2006

Volume 57 no. 5