What is Elaphrosaurus?
{{Taxobox |domain = [[Eukaryota]] |name = ''Elaphrosaurus'' |fossil_range = 154 to 150 million years ago; [[Upper Jurassic]] |image = Berlín, Mitte, socha ještěra v Museum für Naturkunde.jpg |image_width = 250px |image_caption = Restoration of an ''Elaphrosaurus'' skeleton with a reconstructed skull, Museum für Naturkunde |regnum = [[Animal]]ia |phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] |classis = [[Reptile|Sauropsida]] |superordo = [[Dinosauria]] |ordo = [[Saurischia]] |infraordo = [[Ceratosauria]] |familia = '''Elaphrosauridae''' |genus = '''Elaphrosaurus''' |species = '''E. bambergi''' |binomial name = '''Elaphrosaurus bambergi''' }} '''Elaphrosaurus''' is a [[genus]] of [[theropod]] [[dinosaur]] that lived during the [[Upper Jurassic]] period, about 150 million years ago. It was 15 feet long, and weighed 450 pounds. ''Elaphrosaurus'' was a slender, fast, and agile predator that probably preyed on small ornithopods, such as ''[[Dryosaurus]]''. The type specimen was found in the [[Tendaguru Formation]] in [[Tanzania]]. It was a nearly complete skeleton, but unfortunately, it lacked a skull. Since its body was similar to [[ornithomimids]], it was originally thought to be the earliest ornithomimid. However, later studies showed that it is actually a [[ceratosaur]]. There is one named species, ''Elaphrosaurus bambergi''. Remains very similar to it have also been found in the [[Morrison Formation]] in the western [[United States]]. These may possibly belong to ''Elaphrosaurus'', indicating that this dinosaur had a wider range than previously thought. [[File:Elaphrosaurus.jpg|thumb|left|Life restoration of ''Elaphrosaurus'']] [[Category:Dinosaurs of Africa]] [[Category:Ceratosaurs]] [[Category:Jurassic dinosaurs]]