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Snout Nosed Weevil Fossil

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Author: Michael Popp
Date: 2024-11-08 04:33:00
Blog: Louisville Area Fossils
URL: https://louisvillefossils.blogspot.com/2024/11/snout-nosed-weevil-fossil.html

Summary:

  The image shows a snout beetle or leaf rolling weevil insect fossil of the Order Coleoptera, Family Curculionidae found in the Florissant Formation of Teller County, Colorado, USA. It dates to the Eocene Epoch of the Paleogene Period. Thanks to Doug for the image. I believe field of view is 2 mm.

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beetle

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