Genus: Parvosuchus MÜLLER, 2024
Etymology: Latin, parvus, "small", and Greek, suchus, "crocodile".

Species: aurelioi MÜLLER, 2024
Etymology: In honor of Pedro Lucas Porcela Aurelio for his passion for paleontology and prospecting, as well as for having discovered the fossil material.

Holotype: CAPPA/UFSM 0412

Locality: Linha Varzea (Becker) site, 29°43'03"S, 53°09'07"W, Paraiso do Sul muncalipity, Grande do Sul State, Brazil.

Horizon: Pinheiros-Chinqua sequence, Santa Maria Supersequence.

Biostratigraphy: Dinodontosaurus Assemblage Zone (AZ)

Age: Ladinian Stage, Upper Mid Triassic Epoch, Middle Triassic-Carnian Stage, Early Late Triassic Epoch, Early Late Triassic boundary.

Material: Skull with lower jaws, 11 dorsal vertebrae, 2 sacral vertebrae, a complete pelvic girdle, both femora (lacking the distal portion), partial left tibia, partial left fibula, and left calcaneum.