# Opisuchus

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{{Short description|Extinct genus of crocodyliform}}
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| fossil_range = [Middle Jurassic](/source/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"/>
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'''''Opisuchus''''' is an [extinct](/source/Extinction) [genus](/source/genus) of [metriorhynchoid](/source/Metriorhynchoidea) [crocodyliform](/source/Crocodyliformes) known from the [Middle Jurassic](/source/Middle_Jurassic) [Opalinuston Formation](/source/Opalinuston_Formation) of [Germany](/source/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>

== References ==
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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

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