Cerritosaurus

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 PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cerritosaurus binsfeldi
Scientific classification
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.