Elaphrosaurus Janensch 1920 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Noasauridae

Full reference: W. Janensch. 1920. Ueber Elaphrosaurus bambergi und die Megalosaurier aus den Tendaguru-Schichten Deutsch-Ostafrikas [On Elaphrosaurus bambergi and the megalosaurs of the Tendaguru Formation of German East Africa]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1920:225-235

Parent taxon: Elaphrosaurinae according to O. W. M. Rauhut and M. T. Carrano 2016

See also Carrano et al. 2012, Carrano et al. 2002, Carrano and Sampson 2004, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Carroll 1988, Chure et al. 2006, Delcourt 2018, Ezcurra et al. 2010, Galton 1977, Galton 1982, Gauthier 1986, Gianechini et al. 2015, Holtz 1994, Holtz 1995, Holtz 1998, Holtz 2000, Huene 1923, Janensch 1920, Janensch 1925, Kuhn 1939, Lapparent 1960, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1992, Nopcsa 1928, Novas 1992, Paul 1988, Raath 1977, Rauhut 2003, Romer 1956, Romer 1966, Rowe et al. 1997, Russell 1984, Sampson et al. 1998, Sereno 1997, Sereno 1998, Sereno 1999, Sereno 2017, Sereno et al. 2004, Smith and Galton 1990, Steel 1970, Stromer 1934, Swinton 1970, Taquet 2010, Tatarinov 1964, Tortosa et al. 2014, Tykoski and Rowe 2004 and Welles 1984

Sister taxon: Limusaurus

Subtaxa: Elaphrosaurus bambergi

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Morocco (1 collection)

• Jurassic of Tanzania (2), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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