Biology:Coringasuchus

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Short description: Extinct genus of reptiles


Coringasuchus
Temporal range: Cenomanian
~99–95 Ma
Scientific classification e
Missing taxonomy template (fix): Archosauria/Reptilia
Clade: Pseudosuchia
Clade: Crocodylomorpha
Clade: Crocodyliformes
Clade: Ziphosuchia
Genus: Coringasuchus
Kellner et al. 2009
Type species
Coringasuchus anisodontis
Kellner et al. 2009

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 Alcântara Formation, Cajual Island, northeastern Brazil . Coringasuchus was described by Alexander Kellner and colleagues in 2009. The type species is C. anisodontis.[1]

References

  1. Kellner, A.W.A.; Pinheiro, A.E.P.; Azevedo, S.A.K.; Henriques, D.D.R.; de Carvalho, L.B.; Oliveira, G.R. (2009). "A new crocodyliform from the Alcântara Formation (Cenomanian),Cajual Island, Brazil". Zootaxa 2030: 49–58. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2030.1.4. 

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