Elaphrosaurus
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Elaphrosaurus was a lightly built, fast-running theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of what is now Tanzania.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Elaphrosaurinae | 1 |
| Elaphrosaurus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12496130 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elaphrosaurus Context triple: [Tendaguru Formation, yieldedFossil, Elaphrosaurus]
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A.
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus is an early armored dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England, notable as one of the first dinosaurs ever described scientifically and recognized for its heavy body armor and spines.
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B.
Othnielosaurus
Othnielosaurus is a small, bipedal ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known for its lightly built body and herbivorous diet.
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C.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
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D.
Marshosaurus
Marshosaurus is a medium-sized theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known primarily from fragmentary remains found in the Morrison Formation.
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E.
Dicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus was a relatively small, short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of East Africa, notable for its distinctive bifurcated neural spines along the neck and back.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Elaphrosaurus Target entity description: Elaphrosaurus was a lightly built, fast-running theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period of what is now Tanzania.
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A.
Hylaeosaurus
Hylaeosaurus is an early armored dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of England, notable as one of the first dinosaurs ever described scientifically and recognized for its heavy body armor and spines.
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B.
Othnielosaurus
Othnielosaurus is a small, bipedal ornithischian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known for its lightly built body and herbivorous diet.
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C.
Daspletosaurus
Daspletosaurus was a large, carnivorous tyrannosaurid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, known as a powerful apex predator with a massive skull and robust teeth.
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D.
Marshosaurus
Marshosaurus is a medium-sized theropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of North America, known primarily from fragmentary remains found in the Morrison Formation.
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E.
Dicraeosaurus
Dicraeosaurus was a relatively small, short-necked sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of East Africa, notable for its distinctive bifurcated neural spines along the neck and back.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Elaphrosaurinae