Elaphrosaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Jurassic period and inhabited Africa and North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as Lindi (Tanzania), Wyoming and Drâa-Tafilalet (Morocco).
Quick facts about Elaphrosaurus:
- Existed from Kimmeridgian Age to Turonian Age
- Lived in a terrestrial habitat
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- 18 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Elaphrosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- C. E. Turner and F. Peterson. 1999. Biostratigraphy of dinosaurs in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of the Western Interior, U.S.A. In D. D. Gillette (ed.), Vertebrate Paleontology in Utah, Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:77-114
- H. Virchow. 1919. Atlas und Epistropheus bei den Schildkröten [Atlas and axis in the turtles]. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1919(8):303-332
- R. Lavocat. 1954. Sur les dinosauriens du Continental Intercalaire des Kem-Kem de la Daoura [On the dinosaurs from the Continental Intercalaire of the Kem Kem of the Doura]. Congrés Géologique International, Comptes Rendus de la Dix-Neuvième Session, Section 13 15:65-68
