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]
| Cerritosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic
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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
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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
edit- ^ 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
edit- The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary by Kevin Padian
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