Rank Genus | Infraclass Archosauromorpha Phylum Chordata Subclass Diapsid | |
Similar Ankistrodon, Cryptosaurus, Bainoceratops, Bienosaurus, Asiaceratops | ||
Brasileosaurus (meaning "Brazil lizard") is a genus of possible notosuchid notosuchian from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. The type species is B. pachecoi, discovered by brazilian Eng. Joviano Pacheco ,described by prolific German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1931.
Brasileosaurus is not to be confused with the mesosaur Brazilosaurus.
Classification
Although originally classified as a coelurosaur in the original description, it was later recognized as being a crocodylomorph, possibly synonymous with Uruguaysuchus. In his description of Sebecus, George Gaylord Simpson assigned Brasileosaurus to Notosuchidae, noting similarities with members of Mesoeucrocodylia.
References
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