PaleoDB taxon number: 64342
Alternative combination: Ceratosaurus ingens
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 Tetanurae according to M. T. Carrano et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Allosaurus medius, Allosaurus tendagurensis, Altispinax, Avetheropoda, Becklespinax, Caudocoelus, Chienkosaurus, Chilesaurus, Chuandongocoelurus, Creosaurus potens, Cruxicheiros, Cryolophosaurus, Dandakosaurus, Eustreptospondylidae, Gasosaurus, Inosaurus, Kaijiangosaurus, Kayentavenator, Megalosaurus pannoniensis, Neotetanurae, Orionides, Phaedrolosaurus, Prodeinodon, Sinocoelurus, Spinosauroidea, Streptospondylus cuvieri, Teinurosaurus, Torvosauroidea
Type specimen: MB.R1050, a tooth. Its type locality is Tendaguru quarry B, which is in a Tithonian estuary/bay marl in the Tendaguru Formation of Tanzania.
Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore