Turcosuchus
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Turcosuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Archosauria |
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
[edit]- ^ 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.