Cerritosaurus

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Cerritosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
~235–205.6  Ma
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Cerritosaurus binsfeldi
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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.

References

  1. Price, L.I. (1946). "Sobre um novo pseudosuquio do Triássico Superior do Rio Grande do Sul". Boletim Divisão de Geología e Mineralogía. 120: 1–38.

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