†Cossonus meriani Heer 1847 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: O. Heer. 1847. Die Insektenfauna der Tertiärgebilde von Oeningen und von Radoboj in Croatien. Erster Theil: Käfer 1-229
Belongs to Cossonus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Heer 1847
Sister taxa: Cossonus devoratus, Cossonus gabbii, Cossonus hinojosai, Cossonus robustus, Cossonus rutus, Cossonus shevnini, Cossonus spielbergii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oeningen (Lavater'schen collection), which is in a Sarmatian crater lake limestone in the Upper Freshwater-Molasse Formation of Germany
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection)
• Miocene of Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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