Elaphrosaurus bambergi Janensch 1920 (ceratosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Noasauridae

Alternative combination: Elaphrosaurus bambergii

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

Belongs to Elaphrosaurus according to G. A. de Souza et al. 2021

See also Avnimelech 1962, Buffetaut et al. 2009, Carrano et al. 2012, Carrano and Sampson 2004, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Cavin et al. 2010, Delcourt 2018, Ezcurra and Agnolin 2017, Fischer 1970, Galton 1982, Gauthier 1986, Holtz 1998, Huene 1923, Janensch 1920, Janensch 1925, Janensch 1926, Kuhn 1939, Lavocat 1954, Mateus 2006, Medeiros et al. 2007, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1980, Novas et al. 2013, Osmólska 1997, Paul 1988, Raath 1977, Rauhut 2003, Rauhut 2011, Rauhut and Carrano 2016, Rich 1996, Rowe et al. 1997, Russell 1972, Salem et al. 2022, Salgado et al. 2008, Schwarz et al. 2023, Sereno 2017, Smith and Galton 1990, Smith et al. 2010, Souza-Júnior et al. 2023, Steel 1970, Stromer 1931, Stromer 1934, Swinton 1970, Taquet 1984, Tykoski and Rowe 2004, Welles 1984 and Young 1944

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MB.R.4960, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry dd, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): femur circumference 165.0, tibia circumference 132.0

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Tanzania (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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