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Cerritosaurus binsfeldi

Reptilia - Proterochampsidae

Taxonomy
Cerritosaurus binsfeldi was named by Price (1946). Its type specimen is DGM 334-R / CA s/n, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wald Sanga, which is in a Carnian/Norian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Maria Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Cerritosaurus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Cerritosaurus binsfeldi Price
2013Cerritosaurus binsfeldi Trotteyn et al.
2016Cerritosaurus binsfeldi Ezcurra

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—ProterochampsiaKischlat 2000
familyProterochampsidae
genusCerritosaurusPrice 1946
speciesbinsfeldiPrice 1946

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:16:03
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Carnian to the top of the Norian or 237.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Cerritosaurus binsfeldi (type locality: 175573)