Cerritosaurus

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Cerritosaurus
Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Cerritosaurus

Price, 1946
Species
  • Cerritosaurus binsfeldi Price, 1946

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Cerritosaurus is a genus of proterochampsid archosauromorph from the Upper 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 the Jesuit Antonio Binsfeld, in the Sanga da Alemoa. Nearby, there is a small mountain called the Cerrito.

Sources

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

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