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Diplocynodon buetikonensis
Taxonomy
Crocodilus buetikonensis was named by von Meyer (1855) [original spelling of specific epithet is "bütikonensis"]. Its type specimen is PIMUZ A/III 183, a partial skull (partial skull with mandible and a few associated osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Büttikon, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Freshwater Molasse Formation of Switzerland.
It was recombined as Diplocynodon buetikonensis by Scherer (1978).
It was recombined as Diplocynodon buetikonensis by Scherer (1978).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Diplocynodon buetikonensis von Meyer 1855
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available