Superbly Detailed Green River Formation Weevil Insect Fossil

Snout Beetle or Weevil Insect Fossil

Insecta Order Coleoptera, Family Curculionidae

Geological Time: Middle Eocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Weevil: 10 mm Matrix: 50 mm by 50 mm

Fossil Site: Green River Formation, Uintah County, utah

Code: IN031

Price: $40.00

Description: The Green River Formation deposits of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah are best known for their immaculately-preserved fish, but other examples are known as well, as this specimen attests. This is an example of a very pristinely-preserved weevil with dimpled elytra. The weevils often are given the common name snout beetle for obvious reasons.

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