Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

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 Cryptorhynchus according to S. H. Scudder 1890

Sister taxa: Cryptorhynchus coloradensis, Cryptorhynchus fallii, Cryptorhynchus hurdi, Cryptorhynchus incertus, Cryptorhynchus kerri

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:

Average measurements (in mm): elytron 1.96 x 1.08, prothorax 0.880 x 1.040