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Diplocynodon buetikonensis

Reptilia

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).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Crocodilus buetikonensis von Meyer p. 67 figs. pl. XII
1978Diplocynodon buetikonensis Scherer p. 86

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
Diapsida()
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
SuchiaKrebs 1974
Paracrocodylomorpha
Loricata(Merrem 1820)
Crocodylomorpha()
Solidocrania
suborderCrocodyliformes
MesoeucrocodyliaWhetstone and Whybrow 1983
NeosuchiaClark 1988
suborderEusuchiaHuxley 1875
Crocodylia(Owen 1842)
Alligatoroidea(Gray 1844)
genusDiplocynodonPomel 1847
speciesbuetikonensis()

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
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