Brasileosaurus
Brasileosaurus (meaning "Brazil lizard") is a genus of notosuchid notosuchian from the Late Cretaceous Adamantina Formation of Brazil. The type species is B. pachecoi, discovered by the Brazilian Eng. Joviano Pacheco and described by the prolific German paleontologist Friedrich von Huene in 1931.
| Brasileosaurus Temporal range: Maastrichtian ~ | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Clade: | Crocodyliformes |
| Suborder: | †Notosuchia |
| Family: | †Notosuchidae |
| Genus: | †Brasileosaurus Huene, 1931 |
| Species: | †B. pachecoi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Brasileosaurus pachecoi Huene, 1931 | |
Brasileosaurus is not to be confused with the mesosaur Brazilosaurus.
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