Opisuchus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of crocodyliform}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | fossil_range = Middle Jurassic, {{Fossil range|175.6|171.6|ref=<ref name=fossilworks/>}} | taxon = Opisuchus | authority = Aiglstorfer ''et al.,'' 2019<ref name="Aiglstorfer et al. 2019"/> | type_species = '''''Opisuchus meieri''''' | type_species_authority = Aiglstorfer ''et al.,'' 2019<ref name="Aiglstorfer et al. 2019"/> }} '''''Opisuchus''''' is an extinct genus of metriorhynchoid crocodyliform known from the Middle Jurassic Opalinuston Formation of Germany. It contains a single species, '''''O. meieri'''''.<ref name=fossilworks/><ref name="Aiglstorfer et al. 2019">{{Cite journal|last=Aiglstorfer|first=Manuela|last2=Havlik|first2=Philipe|last3=Herrera|first3=Yanina |name-list-style=amp |date=2020 |orig-year=2019 |title=The first metriorhynchoid crocodyliform from the Aalenian (Middle Jurassic) of Germany, with implications for the evolution of Metriorhynchoidea |url=https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz072 |journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=188 |issue=2 |pages=522–551 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz072 |doi-access= |url-access=subscription }}</ref>

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<ref name=fossilworks>{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=419155 |title=†''Opisuchus'' Aiglstorfer et al. 2019 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=17 December 2021}}</ref>

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Category:Middle Jurassic crocodylomorphs Category:Fossil taxa described in 2019 Category:Fossils of Germany