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
~235–205.6 Ma
Cerritosaurus binsfeldi
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

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  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.

Further reading

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  • The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary by Kevin Padian