AfricaAverostraCeratosauriaDinosauriaEusaurischiaLate JurassicNeotheropodaSaurischiaTheropoda
Ceratosaurus roechlingi
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Dinosaur: Ceratosaurus roechlingi
Jurassic: 149.2–145 Ma

Length*: | 6.3 m | 20.7 ft |
Weight*: | 800 kg | 1,764 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Jurassic
Stage: Late Tithonian
Years: 149.2–145 Ma
Details
Status: nomen dubium
Author: Janensch
Year: 1925
Distribution
Area: Africa
Country: Tanzania
Region: Mtwara
Formation: Tendaguru
Sources
Material: Incomplete caudal vertebra.
References: Rauhut, O.W.M. (2011) "Theropod dinosaurs from the Late Jurassic of Tendaguru (Tanzania)".
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