Elmisaurus Osmolska 1981 (maniraptoran)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Caenagnathidae

Synonym: Nomingia Barsbold et al. 2000

Full reference: H. Osmolska. 1981. Coossified tarsometatarsi in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Palaeontologica Polonica 42:79-95

Parent taxon: Caenagnathinae according to G. F. Funston 2020

See also Balanoff et al. 2009, Barsbold et al. 2000, Carroll 1988, Currie 1989, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Currie 2003, Currie and Russell 1988, Funston and Currie 2016, Funston et al. 2016, Funston et al. 2021, Funston et al. 2018, Gauthier 1986, Lamanna et al. 2014, Longrich et al. 2013, Lü et al. 2015, Lü et al. 2004, Lü and Zhang 2005, Maryanska et al. 2002, Osmolska 1981, Osmólska et al. 2004, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Russell and Dong 1994, Sullivan et al. 2011, Tsuihiji et al. 2017, Varricchio 2001, Yao et al. 2015 and Zanno 2010

Sister taxa: Anzu, Apatoraptor, Caenagnathasia, Caenagnathus, Citipes, Epichirostenotes, Hagryphus

Subtaxa: Elmisaurus rarus

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Ecology: ground dwelling omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mongolia (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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