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CORINGASUCHUS
(ko-rin-gah-su-kus)
Named By: A. W. A. Kellner, A. E. P. Pinheiro, S. A. K. Azevedo, D. D. R. Henriques, L. B. Carvalho & G. R. Oliveira in 2009
Time Period: Late Cretaceous
Location: Brazil - Alcantara Formation
Size: Uncertain
Diet: Uncertain
Fossil(s): Mandible (lower jaw)
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Crocodylomorpha | Ziphosuchia |
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Coringasuchus is a genus of mesoeucrocodylian crocodyliform, perhaps a notosuchian. It is known from fossils including cranial material discovered in rocks of the early Cenomanian-age Upper Cretaceous Alcantara Formation, Cajual Island, northeastern Brazil. Coringasuchus was described by A.W.A. Kellner and colleagues in 2009. The type species is C. anisodontis.

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