''Coringasuchus'' is a genus of

mesoeucrocodylia Mesoeucrocodylia is the clade that includes Eusuchia and crocodyliforms formerly placed in the paraphyletic group Mesosuchia. The group appeared during the Early Jurassic, and continues to the present day. Diagnosis It was long known that M ...

n crocodyliform, perhaps a notosuchian. It is known from fossils including cranial material discovered in rocks of the early

Cenomanian The Cenomanian is, in the ICS' geological timescale, the oldest or earliest age of the Late Cretaceous Epoch or the lowest stage of the Upper Cretaceous Series. An age is a unit of geochronology; it is a unit of time; the stage is a unit in the s ...

-age Upper Cretaceous Alcântara Formation,

Cajual Island The island of Cajual is located in the Baía de São Marcos near to Alcântara, Maranhão, Brazil. The island is an important Brazilian paleontological site, where fossils of animals such as ''Spinosaurus'' and ''Sigilmassasaurus'' were found, a ...

, northeastern Brazil. ''Coringasuchus'' was described by Alexander Kellner and colleagues in 2009. The type species is ''C. anisodontis''.

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Ziphosuchians Terrestrial crocodylomorphs Cenomanian life Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America Cretaceous Brazil Fossils of Brazil Fossil taxa described in 2009 Taxa named by Alexander Kellner Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera {{paleo-archosaur-stub