Cerritosaurus
Appearance
Cerritosaurus Temporal range: Late Triassic
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Scientific 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
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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
- ^ Cerritosaurus at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
- The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs: Faunal Change across the Triassic-Jurassic Boundary by Kevin Padian