Biology:Turcosuchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of basal eusuchian crocodyliform

Turcosuchus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Barremian
Scientific classification edit
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Archosauria/Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
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. https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1393469. 


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