| Cerritosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic ~ | |
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| Cerritosaurus binsfeldi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Clade: | † Proterochampsia |
| Family: | † Proterochampsidae |
| Genus: | † Cerritosaurus Price, 1946 |
| Type species | |
| †Cerritosaurus binsfeldi Price, 1946 | |
Cerritosaurus is a genus of proterochampsid archosauromorph from the Late Triassic. It has been found in the Santa Maria Formation, in the Geopark of Paleorrota, Brazil. It is represented by one species. [1]
It was collected in 1941 by Antonio Binsfeld, in Sanga da Alemoa. Nearby, there is a small mountain called the Cerrito, after which the genus is named.