Genus: Cargninia BONAPARTE, SCHULTZ, SOARES & MARTINELLI, 2010
Etymology: In honor of Padre Daniel Cargnin, a collector of fossils from the Triassic of Brazil.

Species: enigmatica BONAPARTE, SCHULTZ, SOARES & MARTINELLI, 2010
Etymology: Latin, aenigmaticus, "like an enigma, obscure, enigmatic": In reference to its dubious taxonomic assigniment.

Holotype: UFRGS-PV-1027-T

Locality: Linha Sao Luiz Locality, an abandoned quarry located 1.5 km northwest of downtown do Soturno Faxinal, 29°33'45"S, 53°26'48"W (53°30'23"E, 29°34'08"S), near Barrio Santo Antonino, Faxinal do Soturno, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil.

Horizon: Caturrita Formation.

Biostratigraphy: Icidosaur Assemblage Zone.

Age: Adamanian, Lower Coloradian age, Late Carnian-Early Norian Stage, Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Posterior end of a left dentary with 5 teeth.

Referred material:

DAMKE, DALLE-LASTE, KERBER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA & MÜLLER, 2026

CAPPA/UFSM 0519: A partial left dentary with several teeth.

After DAMKE, DALLE-LASTE, KERBER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA & MÜLLER, 2026, CAPPA/UFSM 0519.

After DAMKE, DALLE-LASTE, KERBER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA & MÜLLER, 2026, CAPPA/UFSM 0519: A) laterial; B) dorsal and C) interior views.

After DAMKE, DALLE-LASTE, KERBER, ROBERTO-DA-SILVA & MÜLLER, 2026, CAPPA/UFSM 0519 dorsal view showing how wide the skull would have been.