†Prodeporaus minutissimus Wickham 1913 (tooth-nosed snout weevil)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Attelabidae
Alternative combination: Trypanorhynchus minutissimus
Full reference: H. F. Wickham. 1913. Fossil Coleoptera from the Wilson Ranch near Florissant, Colorado. Bulletins from the Laboratory of Natural History of the State University of Iowa 6(4):3-29
Belongs to Prodeporaus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Poinar and Legalov 2015 and Wickham 1913
Sister taxa: Prodeporaus curiosum, Prodeporaus exanimale, Prodeporaus exilis, Prodeporaus smithii
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Ranch, Florissant, which is in a Chadronian lacustrine - large horizon in the Florissant Formation of Colorado
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Wilson Ranch, Florissant
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