Turcosuchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Family: Hylaeochampsidae
Genus: Turcosuchus
Jouve et al. 2019
Species:
T. okani
Binomial name
Turcosuchus okani
Jouve et al. 2019

Turcosuchus is an extinct genus of basal eusuchian crocodyliform known from the Early Cretaceous İncigez Formation in Turkey. It contains a single species, T. okani.[1]

References

  1. Jouve, Stéphane; Sarıgül, Volkan; Steyer, J.-Sébastien; Sen, Sevket (2019-01-17). "The first crocodylomorph from the Mesozoic of Turkey (Barremian of Zonguldak) and the dispersal of the eusuchians during the Cretaceous". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 17 (2): 111–128. doi:10.1080/14772019.2017.1393469. S2CID 90379747.


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