†Hylobiites cretaceus Scudder 1895 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1895. Canadian fossil insects, myriapods and arachnids, 2. The Coleoptera hitherto found fossil in Canada. Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 2(1):27-56
Belongs to Hylobiites according to A. A. Legalov 2011
See also Handlirsch 1907 and Scudder 1895
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Millwood on the Assiniboine River, which is in a Campanian/Campanian marine shale in the Pierre Shale Formation of Canada
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Millwood on the Assiniboine River
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