Cerritosaurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}

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| fossil_range = Late Triassic
~{{Fossil range|235|205.6}}

| image = Cerritosaurus.jpg

| image_caption = Cerritosaurus binsfeldi

| taxon = Cerritosaurus

| authority = Price, 1946

| type_species = {{Extinct}}Cerritosaurus binsfeldi

| type_species_authority = Price, 1946

}}

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.{{Cite journal |last=Price |first=L.I. |date=1946 |title=Sobre um novo pseudosuquio do Triássico Superior do Rio Grande do Sul |journal=Boletim Divisão de Geología e Mineralogía |volume=120 |pages=1–38}}

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.