Genus: Turcosuchus JOUVE, SARIGUL, STEYER, & SEN, 2017
Etymology: Latin, Turcus, "Turk or Turkish"
and Greek, souchus,
"crocodile."
Species: okani JOUVE, SARIGUL, STEYER, & SEN, 2017
Etymology: In honor of Okan Tuysuz, Turkish structural geologist, who solved the problem of the stratigraphical provienance of the specimen studied here.
Holotype: ITU-Z1
Locality: Gelik area, Zonguldak district, exact locality unknown.
Horizon: Exact horizon unknown, Incigez Formation.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Late Barremian Stage, Early Gallic Subepoch, Middle Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.
Material: Partial left dentary with attached splenial and part of surangular, posterior fragment of left mandible, undetermined piece of a jaw bone yielding a portion of a tooth row, proximal portion o fteh right humeral shaft, distal portion of the left tibial shaft.