ammonites
Ophryastes compactus Scudder 1878 (snout beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Full reference: S. H. Scudder. 1878. The Fossil Insects of the Green River Shales. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4(4):747-776

Belongs to Ophryastes according to S. H. Scudder 1890

Sister taxon: Ophryastes championi

Type specimen: 4210, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Petrified fish cut (Scudder collection), which is in a Bridgerian lacustrine - large diatomite/shale in the Green River Formation of Wyoming.

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Average measurements (in mm): body 7.50 x 3.50, elytron length 5.50