Cerritosaurus Explained

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.

Further reading

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

Notes and References

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.