These images show snout beetle or weevil insect fossils of the Order
Coleoptera, Family Curculionidae found in the Florissant Formation of
Teller County, Colorado, USA. I wonder if this insect was in the Anthonomini weevil tribe in the subfamily
Curculioninae and maybe genus
Anthonomus (Gemar, 1817) or species
Anthonomus defossus (Scudder, 1876). It dates to the Chadronian Stage (37.2 - 33.9 million years ago) Eocene Epoch of the
Paleogene Period. Thanks to Doug for the image. Fossils were uncovered in September 2021. Field of view is 2 mm.
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