Opisuchus meieri Aiglstorfer et al. 2019 (marine crocodile)

Reptilia - Loricata

Full reference: M. Aiglstorfer, P. Havlik, and Y. Herrera. 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

Belongs to Opisuchus according to M. Aiglstorfer et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNS 91268, a partial skull. Its type locality is Mohring Commercial brick quarry, Heiningen, which is in an Aalenian marine claystone in the Opalinuston Formation of Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mohring Commercial brick quarry, Heiningen

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