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]
| Turcosuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| †Turcosuchus okani Jouve et al. 2019
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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.
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