Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae
Alternative combination: Hylobius provectus
Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1876. Fossil Coleoptera from the Rocky Mountain Tertiaries. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 2(1):77-87
Belongs to Archaeoheilus according to A. A. Legalov 2018
See also Legalov 2015, Scudder 1876, Scudder 1878, Scudder 1890 and Scudder 1893
Sister taxa: Archaeoheilus deleticius, Archaeoheilus gallicus, Archaeoheilus lacoei, Archaeoheilus ovalis, Archaeoheilus packardii, Archaeoheilus scudderi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Richardson Coll), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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