Turcosuchus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of basal eusuchian crocodyliform}}

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| fossil_range = Early Cretaceous, {{fossil_range|Barremian}}

| parent_authority = Jouve et al. 2019

| taxon = Turcosuchus okani

| authority = Jouve et al. 2019

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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.{{Cite journal|last1=Jouve|first1=Stéphane|last2=Sarıgül|first2=Volkan|last3=Steyer|first3=J.-Sébastien|last4=Sen|first4=Sevket|date=2019-01-17|title=The first crocodylomorph from the Mesozoic of Turkey (Barremian of Zonguldak) and the dispersal of the eusuchians during the Cretaceous|url=https://doi.org/10.1080/14772019.2017.1393469|journal=Journal of Systematic Palaeontology|volume=17|issue=2|pages=111–128|doi=10.1080/14772019.2017.1393469|bibcode=2019JSPal..17..111J |s2cid=90379747 |url-access=subscription}}

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