†subfamily Elaphrosaurinae Rauhut and Carrano 2016 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Noasauridae

Full reference: O. W. M. Rauhut and M. T. Carrano. 2016. The theropod dinosaur Elaphrosaurus bambergi Janensch, 1920, from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru, Tanzania. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 178(3):546-610

Parent taxon: Noasauridae according to S. F. Poropat et al. 2020

See also Delcourt 2018 and Rauhut and Carrano 2016

Sister taxa: Austrocheirus, Berthasaura, Deltadromeus, Himalayadrinda, Huinculsaurus, Kiyacursor, Laevisuchus, Ligabueino, Noasaurinae

Subtaxa: Elaphrosaurus Limusaurus

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Australia (1 collection), Morocco (1)

• Jurassic of China (3), Tanzania (2), United States (1: Wyoming)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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