Opisuchus

Opisuchus; Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 175.6–171.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Clade:	Archosauria
Clade:	Pseudosuchia
Clade:	Crocodylomorpha
Suborder:	† Thalattosuchia
Superfamily:	† Metriorhynchoidea
Genus:	† Opisuchus ; Aiglstorfer et al., 2019
Type species
	Opisuchus meieri; Aiglstorfer et al., 2019

Last updated May 28, 2025

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

1 2 "†Opisuchus Aiglstorfer et al. 2019". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
1 2 3 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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[fossilworks-1] 1 2 "†Opisuchus Aiglstorfer et al. 2019". Paleobiology Database. Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

[Aiglstorfer_et_al._2019-2] 1 2 3 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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