Opisuchus
| Opisuchus Temporal range: Middle Jurassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Thalattosuchia |
| Superfamily: | †Metriorhynchoidea |
| Genus: | †Opisuchus Aiglstorfer et al., 2019[2] |
| Type species | |
| Opisuchus meieri Aiglstorfer et al., 2019[2]
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Opisuchus is an extinct genus of metriorhynchoid crocodyliform known from the Middle Jurassic Opalinuston Formation of Germany. It contains a single species, O. meieri.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "†Opisuchus Aiglstorfer et al. 2019". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ a b c Aiglstorfer, Manuela; Havlik, Philipe & Herrera, Yanina (2020) [2019]. "The first metriorhynchoid crocodyliform from the Aalenian (Middle Jurassic) of Germany, with implications for the evolution of Metriorhynchoidea". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (2): 522–551. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz072.
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