| Cerritosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic ~235–205.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Cerritosaurus binsfeldi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Clade: | †Proterochampsia |
| Family: | †Proterochampsidae |
| Genus: | †Cerritosaurus Price, 1946 |
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| †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.
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
- 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.
Further reading
- The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary by Kevin Padian
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