Elmisaurus

Elmisaurus
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Skeletal restoration showing known elements (including those of Nomingia)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: Caenagnathidae
Subfamily: Elmisaurinae
Genus: Elmisaurus
Osmólska, 1981
Species:
E. rarus
Binomial name
Elmisaurus rarus
Osmólska, 1981
Synonyms
  • Chirostenotes rarus
    (Osmólska, 1981)
  • Nomingia gobiensis?
    Barsbold et al., 2000

Elmisaurus (meaning "foot sole lizard") is an extinct genus of caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was a theropod belonging to the Oviraptorosauria.

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