Palaeoerirhinus longirostris Legalov 2014 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Full reference: A. A. Legalov. 2014. The oldest Brentidae and Curculionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) from the Aptian of Bon-Tsagaan. Historical Biology 26:6-15

Belongs to Palaeoerirhinus according to A. A. Legalov 2015

See also Legalov 2014

Sister taxa: Palaeoerirhinus latus, Palaeoerirhinus ponomarenkoi, Palaeoerirhinus thompsoni

Type specimen: PIN 3559/6473, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559), which is in an Aptian lacustrine siliciclastic in the Dzun-Bain Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Bon Tsagaan (PIN collection 3559)

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