Turcosuchus
Turcosuchus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous,
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
Superorder: | Crocodylomorpha |
Family: | †Hylaeochampsidae |
Genus: | †Turcosuchus Jouve et al. 2019 |
Species: | †T. okani
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Binomial name | |
†Turcosuchus okani Jouve et al. 2019
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Turcosuchus is an extinct genus of basal eusuchian crocodyliform known from the Early Cretaceous in Turkey. It contains a single species, T. okani.[1]
References[]
- ^ 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. ISSN 1477-2019. S2CID 90379747.
Categories:
- Neosuchians
- Prehistoric archosaur stubs