Genus: Brasilosuchus SOUZA FILHO & BOCQUETIN-VILLANUEVA, 1989
Etymology: In refernece to Brazil (Brazilian spelling Brasil), and Greek, suchos, "crocodile."

Species: mendesi SOUZA FILHO & BOCQUETIN-VILLANUEVA, 1989
Etymology:

Holotype: UFAC NO. 1664

Locality: Rio Acre, Rio Branco, Acre State, Brazil.

Horizon: Solimoes Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Late Miocene-Pliocene Epoch, Upper neogene Period, Tertiary Subera, Cenozoic Era.

Material: Tip of premaxilla.