Stein, Schaffhausen (Miocene of Switzerland)

Also known as Stein am Rhein

Where: Switzerland (47.7° N, 8.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 7.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• "Middle (?) Miocene" (Lydekker 1888)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199213: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 23.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon plenidens n. sp. Meyer 1838 crocodilian
"teeth"