Sanctipaulus mendesi
Encyclopedia
Sanctipaulus mendesi is a species of fossil
caddisfly, known from a single specimen. It was found in the Geopark
of Paleorrota
in Santa Maria Formation
in rocks dating from the Triassic
. It was found in 1955 in a shipment made by Irajá Damiani Pinto
.
(Auchenorrhyncha
), but was subsequently reclassified.
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
caddisfly, known from a single specimen. It was found in the Geopark
Geopark
A Geopark is defined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in its UNESCO Geoparks International Network of Geoparks programme as follows:...
of Paleorrota
Paleorrota
Paleorrota , is a geopark located in the center of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The rocks and fossils found along the route date back to the times when there was only one supercontinent Pangaea....
in Santa Maria Formation
Santa Maria Formation
The Santa Maria Formation is a sedimentary rock formation found in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It has a late Ladinian – early Carnian age , and is notable for its fossils of early dinosaurs, including the herrerasaur Staurikosaurus, the basal saurischian Teyuwasu, and the basal sauropodomorph...
in rocks dating from the Triassic
Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 250 to 200 Mya . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic. Both the start and end of the Triassic are marked by major extinction events...
. It was found in 1955 in a shipment made by Irajá Damiani Pinto
Irajá Damiani Pinto
Irajá Damiani Pinto, born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, on July 3, 1919 and currently still working with Paleontology. - Biography:...
.
Morphology
The specimen consists of only one wing. It was initially classified as DerbidaeDerbidae
Derbidae is a family of bugs in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha. The nymphs of some species nymph feed on fungi while adults live by sucking sap. Many adults are recognizable by their habit of holding up their wings. The short apical segment of the rostrum identifies the family....
(Auchenorrhyncha
Auchenorrhyncha
The Auchenorrhyncha is the suborder of the Hemiptera which contains most of the familiar members of what was called the Homoptera - groups such as cicadas, leafhoppers, treehoppers, planthoppers, and spittlebugs. The aphids and scale insects are the other well-known "Homoptera", and they are in...
), but was subsequently reclassified.