Fig. 1. A in New brachyuran crabs from the Aptian-Albian Romualdo Formation, Santana Group of Brazil: Evidence for a Tethyan connection to the Araripe Basin

Fig. 1. A. Map showing the known occurrences (stars) of orithopsid and eubrachyuran genera in the Early Cretaceous of South America: upper Aptian– lower Albian San Gil Inferior Formation, Boyacá and upper Aptian Paja Formation, Santander, Colombia and upper Aptian–lower Albian Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil. B. Sedimentary basins of northeast Brazil; arrows show the three possible routes of Cretaceous marine ingression into the Araripe Basin. C. New fossiliferous localities (stars) with brachyuran crabs from upper Aptian–lower Albian Romualdo Formation, Araripe Basin, Pernambuco, Brazil (base map modified from Assine 2007).