†Mitostylus seculorum Scudder 1890 (snout beetle)
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Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combination: Tanymecus seculorum
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1890. The Tertiary Insects of North America. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII:1-734
Belongs to Mitostylus according to A. A. Legalov 2015
See also Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1893
Sister taxa: Mitostylus abacus, Mitostylus obdurefactus
Type specimen: Packard 91, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Green River (Packard Collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Green River (Packard Collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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