The most striking adaptation of Taylorius litoralis was the channel running along the underside of the thorax for its rostrum. The gently curved snout could be drawn back from the prosternum across the mesosternum to the front of the metasternum, where raised flanges enclosed it between the legs. Together with the large basal abdominal segments and parallel-sided elytra, this gave the beetle the protected “hidden-snout” construction seen in several specialised weevil lineages.

Modern work places Taylorius among Aedemonini, a predominantly palaeotropical group that is conspicuous in the London Clay weevil fauna. The fossil does not reveal its host, but plant feeding is strongly expected and an association with woody or robust vegetation is plausible rather than demonstrated. The type series includes a near-complete adult as well as numerous hindbodies, so both the rostral mechanism and the rear body are unusually well represented.