Genus: Cerritosaurus PRICE, 1946
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Species: binsfeldi PRICE, 1946
Etymology:

Holotype: CA s/n (orignilally DGM 334-R)

Locality: Sanga do Mato, Jazida de "Alemoa", a 3 km SE of Santa Maria, Rio Grande Do Sul State, Brazil.

Horizon: Santa Maria Formation, Santa Maria Sequence 2, Rosario do Sul Group.

Biostratigraphy: Hyperodapedon Assemblage Zone.

Age: ?Ladianian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch or ?Early Carnian Stage, Lower Late Triassic Epoch, Late Triassic.

Material: Skull, dentary, a series of 15 articulated presacral vertebrae, thoracic ribs, osteoderms, and a highly disarticulated altered humerus.