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{{Short description|Extinct genus of reptiles}}
{{distinguish|Basilosaurus{{!}}''Basilosaurus''}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = [[Maastrichtian]]<br />~{{fossil range|72|68}}
| genus = Brasileosaurus
| parent_authority = [[Friedrich von Huene|Huene]], 1931
| species = pachecoi
| authority = Huene, 1931 
}}

'''''Brasileosaurus''''' (meaning "Brazil lizard") is a genus of [[Notosuchidae|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 [[Paleontology|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]]''.<ref>Huene, 1931. Verschiedene mesozoische Wirbeltierreste aus Südamerika [Different Mesozoic vertebrate remains from South America]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung A. 66, 181-198.</ref><ref>Huene, 1933. Ein Versuch zur Stammesgeschichte der Krokodile. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Abteilung B. 11, 577-585.</ref> In his description of ''[[Sebecus]]'', [[George Gaylord Simpson]] assigned ''Brasileosaurus'' to Notosuchidae, noting similarities with members of Mesoeucrocodylia.<ref>Simpson. 1937. An ancient eusuchian crocodile from Patagonia. ''American Museum Novitates''. 965, 1-20.</ref>

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[[Category:Prehistoric pseudosuchian genera]]
[[Category:Maastrichtian life]]
[[Category:Late Cretaceous crocodylomorphs of South America]]
[[Category:Cretaceous Brazil]]
[[Category:Fossils of Brazil]]
[[Category:Adamantina Formation]]
[[Category:Fossil taxa described in 1931]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Friedrich von Huene]]


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