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Opisuchus meieri

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Opisuchus meieri was named by Aiglstorfer et al. (2019). It is not extant. Its type specimen is 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. It is the type species of Opisuchus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Opisuchus meieri Aiglstorfer et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
RankNameAuthor
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
—Pseudosuchia(Zittel 1890)
—SuchiaKrebs 1974
—Paracrocodylomorpha
—Loricata(Merrem 1820)
—Crocodylomorpha()
infraorderThalattosuchia()
—Neothalattosuchia
superfamilyMetriorhynchoideaYoung et al. 2010
genusOpisuchus
speciesmeieri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Opisuchus meieri Aiglstorfer et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available