Ticinosuchus
| Ticinosuchus Temporal range: Middle Triassic,
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| Holotype of Ticinosuchus ferox at the Natural History Museum of the University of Zurich | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Suchia |
| Genus: | †Ticinosuchus Krebs, 1965 |
| Species: | †T. ferox
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| Binomial name | |
| †Ticinosuchus ferox Krebs, 1965
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Ticinosuchus is an extinct genus of suchian archosaur (distantly related to modern crocodilians) from the Middle Triassic (Anisian–Ladinian) of Switzerland and Italy. The genus name means "Ticino crocodile" due to its origin from the Swiss canton Ticino. It is one of the only terrestrial animals found in the Besano Formation, a fossil-rich lagerstätte on Monte San Giorgio renowned for its marine fauna (including different groups of fossil fishes, ichthyosaurs, tanystropheids, nothosaurs and placodonts, among others).