'''''Cargninia''''' is an [[extinct]] [[genus]] of [[basal (phylogenetics)|basal]] [[Lepidosauria|lepidosaur]] from the Late [[Triassic]] period. It lived during the [[late Triassic]] [[period (geology)|period]] ([[Carnian]] to [[Norian]] stage) in what is now [[Faxinal do Soturno]], [[Rio Grande do Sul]], southern [[Brazil]], in the geopark [[Paleorrota]]. It is known from the [[holotype]] UFRGS PV 1027 T, a partial [[dentary]], recovered from the middle section of the [[Caturrita Formation]]. ''Cargninia'' was named by [[José Fernando Bonaparte]], César Leandro Schultz, Marina Bento Soares and Agustín G. Martinelli in [[2010 in paleontology|2010]] and the [[type species]] is ''Cargninia enigmatica''. The [[name of a biological genus|generic name]] honors [[Daniel Cargnin]] priest, a Brazilian fossil collector, and the [[specific name (zoology)|specific name]] means “enigmatic” in reference to the basal position within the Lepidosauria.<ref name="BonaparteFauna">{{Cite journal|author1=José Fernando Bonaparte |author2=César Leandro Schultz |author3=Marina Bento Soares |author4=Agustín G. Martinelli |year=2010 |title=La Fauna local de faxinal do soturno, Triasico tardio de Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil |url=http://www.sbpbrasil.org/revista/edicoes/13_3/233a246_La%20fauna%20local.pdf |journal=Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=233–246 |doi=10.4072/rbp.2010.3.07}}</ref>
