Gelik area (Cretaceous of Turkey)

Also known as Zonguldak district

Where: Zonguldak, Turkey (41.5° N, 31.9° E: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 43.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: İncigez Formation, Late/Upper Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Jouve, V. Sarıgül, J.-S. Steyer and S. Sen. 2019. 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 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 193639: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 01.06.2018

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Loricata - Hylaeochampsidae
Turcosuchus okani n. gen. n. sp.
Turcosuchus okani n. gen. n. sp. Jouve et al. 2019 crocodilian
İTÜ-Z1 - holotype (partial left mandible, proximal portion of the right humeral shaft, and distal portion of the left tibial shaft)