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Cerritosaurus
Taxonomy
Cerritosaurus was named by Price (1946). It is not extant. Its type is Cerritosaurus binsfeldi.
It was assigned to Ornithosuchidae by Romer (1956); to Proterochampsia by Dilkes and Arcucci (2012); and to Proterochampsidae by Cruickshank (1978), Carroll (1988), Trotteyn et al. (2013), Ezcurra et al. (2015) and Ezcurra (2016).
It was assigned to Ornithosuchidae by Romer (1956); to Proterochampsia by Dilkes and Arcucci (2012); and to Proterochampsidae by Cruickshank (1978), Carroll (1988), Trotteyn et al. (2013), Ezcurra et al. (2015) and Ezcurra (2016).
Species
C. binsfeldi (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1946 | Cerritosaurus Price |
| 1956 | Cerritosaurus Romer p. 594 |
| 1978 | Cerritosaurus Cruickshank |
| 1988 | Cerritosaurus Carroll |
| 2012 | Cerritosaurus Dilkes and Arcucci |
| 2013 | Cerritosaurus Trotteyn et al. |
| 2015 | Cerritosaurus Ezcurra et al. |
| 2016 | Cerritosaurus Ezcurra |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carnian - Norian | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | C. binsfeldi (175573) |