Alternative combination: Elaphrosaurus gautieri
Full reference: A. F. d. Lapparent. 1960. Les Dinosauriens du "Continental intercalaire" du Saharal central [The dinosaurs of the "Continental Intercalaire" of the central Sahara]. Mémoires de la Société géologique de France, nouvelle série 39(88A):1-57
Belongs to Spinostropheus according to O. W. M. Rauhut and M. T. Carrano 2016
See also Avnimelech 1962, Carrano and Sampson 2008, Lapparent 1960, Le Loeuff et al. 2012, Makovicky et al. 2004, Molnar 1992, Sereno et al. 2004, Serrano-Martínez et al. 2015, Souza-Júnior et al. 2023, Steel 1970 and Swinton 1970
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: MNHN 1961-28. Its type locality is Oued Timmersöi, west of In Tedreft, which is in a Berriasian/Barremian terrestrial horizon in Niger.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Niger (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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