Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1876. Fossil Coleoptera from the Rocky Mountain Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2(1):77-87
Belongs to Cryptorhynchus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Scudder 1876, Scudder 1878, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1893
Sister taxa: Cryptorhynchus coloradensis, Cryptorhynchus evinctus, Cryptorhynchus fallii, Cryptorhynchus kerri, Cryptorhynchus lapathi, Cryptorhynchus profusus, Cryptorhynchus renudus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Richardson Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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