†Echinocnemus gerofiticus Grachev 2008 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: V. G. Grachev. 2008. Family Curculionidae Latreille, 1802. Plant-Arthropod interactions in the early angiosperm history: evidence from the Cretaceous of Israel 196-198
Belongs to Echinocnemus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Grachev 2008
Sister taxon: Echinocnemus qetura
Type specimen: PIN 5068/12, an elytra. Its type locality is Gerofit (PIN collection 5068), which is in a Turonian lagoonal shale in the Ora Formation of Israel.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Gerofit (PIN collection 5068)
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