Pintosaurus is an extinct genus of basal procolophonid[1] parareptile from Late Triassic deposits of northeastern Uruguay.

It was collected from the Buena Vista Formation of the Paraná Basin, in Colonia Orozco, Cerro Largo Department.

It was first named by Graciela Piñeiro, Alejandra Rojas and Martín Ubilla in 2004 and the type species is Pintosaurus magnidentis.

The generic name honours Dr. Iraja Damiani Pinto.

[2] Cladogram after Cisneros, 2008:[1] Coletta Pintosaurus Sauropareion Phaanthosaurus "Eumetabolodon" dongshengensis Theledectes Tichvinskia Procolophoninae Leptopleuroninae