Species
Valid Extinct

Elmisaurus rarus

(Osmolska 1981)

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Omnivore Ground dwelling (surface) Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Maniraptora Unranked clade
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Oviraptorosauria Infraorder
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Caenagnathidae Family
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Caenagnathinae Subfamily
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Elmisaurus Genus
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Elmisaurus rarus Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
3
Geological formations
Nemegt
3
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Synonyms (1)
Nomingia gobiensis subjective synonym of Elmisaurus rarus
Bibliography
Original description
H. Osmolska. 1981. Coossified tarsometatarsi in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Palaeontologica Polonica 42:79-95
Bibliography (3)
G. F. Funston, P. J. Currie, and C. Tsogtbaatar, T. Khishigjav. 2021. A partial oviraptorosaur skeleton suggests low caenagnathid diversity in the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. PLoS ONE 16(7):e0254564:1-21 DOI ↗
R. Barsbold, H. Osmólska, and M. Watabe, P. J. Currie, K. Tsogtbaatar. 2000. A new oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) from Mongolia: the first dinosaur with a pygostyle. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 45(2):97-106
H. Osmolska. 1981. Coossified tarsometatarsi in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Palaeontologica Polonica 42:79-95