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Elaphrosaurus bambergi

Reptilia - Noasauridae

Taxonomy
Elaphrosaurus bambergi was named by Janensch (1920). Its type specimen is MB.R.4960, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry dd, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Elaphrosaurus bambergi Janensch p. 225
1923Elaphrosaurus bambergi Huene p. 456
1925Elaphrosaurus bambergi Janensch p. 7
1926Elaphrosaurus bambergi Janensch p. 542
1931Elaphrosaurus bambergi Stromer p. 18
1934Elaphrosaurus bambergi Stromer p. 16
1939Elaphrosaurus bambergi Kuhn p. 40
1944Elaphrosaurus bambergi Young p. 189
1954Elaphrosaurus bambergi Lavocat
1962Elaphrosaurus bambergii Avnimelech p. 235
1970Elaphrosaurus bambergi Fischer p. 196
1970Elaphrosaurus bambergi Steel p. 16
1970Elaphrosaurus bambergi Swinton p. 128
1972Elaphrosaurus bambergi Russell p. 378
1977Elaphrosaurus bambergi Raath p. 206
1980Elaphrosaurus bambergi Molnar p. 92
1982Elaphrosaurus bambergi Galton pp. 265-275
1984Elaphrosaurus bambergi Taquet p. 78
1984Elaphrosaurus bambergi Welles pp. 162-163
1986Elaphrosaurus bambergi Gauthier p. 10
1988Elaphrosaurus bambergi Paul p. 266
1990Elaphrosaurus bambergi Smith and Galton p. 264
1996Elaphrosaurus bambergi Rich p. 711
1997Elaphrosaurus bambergi Osmólska p. 501
1997Elaphrosaurus bambergi Rowe et al. p. 108
1998Elaphrosaurus bambergi Holtz, Jr. p. 39
2003Elaphrosaurus bambergi Rauhut p. 26
2004Elaphrosaurus bambergi Carrano and Sampson p. 552
2004Elaphrosaurus bambergi Tykoski and Rowe p. 48
2006Elaphrosaurus bambergi Mateus p. 231
2007Elaphrosaurus bambergi Medeiros et al. p. 415
2008Elaphrosaurus bambergi Carrano and Sampson p. 193
2008Elaphrosaurus bambergi Salgado et al. p. 533
2009Elaphrosaurus bambergi Buffetaut et al. p. 238
2010Elaphrosaurus bambergii Cavin et al. p. 399
2010Elaphrosaurus bambergi Smith et al. p. 929
2011Elaphrosaurus bambergi Rauhut p. 196
2012Elaphrosaurus bambergi Carrano et al. p. 231
2013Elaphrosaurus bambergi Novas et al. p. 184
2016Elaphrosaurus bambergi Rauhut and Carrano p. 7
2017Elaphrosaurus bambergi Ezcurra and Agnolin p. 485
2017Elaphrosaurus bambergi Sereno p. 577
2018Elaphrosaurus bambergi Delcourt p. 2
2021Elaphrosaurus bambergi de Souza et al. p. 1
2022Elaphrosaurus bambergi Salem et al. p. 3
2023Elaphrosaurus bambergi Schwarz et al. p. 2
2023Elaphrosaurus bambergi Souza-Júnior et al. p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
RankNameAuthor
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
suborderCeratosauria()
familyNoasauridae
subfamilyElaphrosaurinae
genusElaphrosaurus
speciesbambergi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Elaphrosaurus bambergi Janensch 1920
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. T. Carrano and S. D. Sampson 2008Ceratosaur with: (1) a thin ventrolateral lamina bordering the posterior cervical pleurocoel ventrally, (2) a strongly concave ventral border of the cervical vertebrae, whose apex is above the midheight of the anterior articular face, (3) scapular blade breadth exceeding the height of the vertebral column, and (4) an extremely wide iliac brevis fossa, with a nearly horizontal brevis shelf (Rauhut 2003: 26).
M. T. Carrano et al. 2012Ceratosaur with: (1) thin ventrolateral lamina bordering posterior cervical pleurocoel ventrally; (2) strongly concave ventral border of cervical vertebrae, with apex above mid-height of anterior articular face; (3) scapular blade breadth exceeding height of vertebral column; and (4) extremely wide iliac brevis fossa with nearly horizontal brevis shelf (all from Rauhut 2003).
O. W. M. Rauhut and M. T. Carrano 2016As for genus.
Measurements
partNmean
femur circumference1165.0
tibia circumference1132.0

Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2005-08-24 13:18:15
Modified: 2005-08-24 15:18:15
Source: g = genus, o = order
References: Marsh 1875, Peczkis 1995

Age range: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 152.21000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Tanzania (Lindi) Elaphrosaurus bambergi (47146 type locality: 47153)