Büttikon (Miocene of Switzerland)

Also known as Bütikon

Where: Bremgarten, Switzerland (47.3° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 7.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Freshwater Molasse Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. von Meyer. 1855. Crocodilus Bütikonensis, aus der Süsswasser-Molasse von Bütikon in der Schweiz [Crocodilus bütikonensis from the Freshwater Molasse of Bütikon in Switzerland]. Palaeontographica 4(3):66-71 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198893: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 17.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
"Crocodilus buetikonensis n. sp." = Diplocynodon buetikonensis
"Crocodilus buetikonensis n. sp." = Diplocynodon buetikonensis von Meyer 1855 crocodilian