Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Full reference: J. Rheinheimer. 2007. Neue fossile Rüsselkäfer (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) aus dem Eozän des Baltischen Bernsteins und der Grube Messel bei Darmstadt. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 365:1-24
Belongs to Palaeocrassirhinus according to A. A. Legalov 2023
See also Legalov 2015 and Rheinheimer 2007
Sister taxon: Palaeocrassirhinus rugosithorax
Type specimen: FIS MeI 5302, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Grube Messel grid square E8/9, 0.52-0.82 m below marker alpha, which is in a MP 11 crater lake claystone in the Messel Formation of Germany.
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of Germany (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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