Elemgasem
Field photograph to come
Elemgasem
DV-1173 · type species Elemgasem nubilus
- Lived
- 94 to 86 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Abelisauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Baiano et al. 2022
Field notes
About Elemgasem
Elemgasem was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 94 to 86 million years ago. It belongs to the family Abelisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Elemgasem, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Portezuelo Formation. It was named by Baiano et al. in 2022.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Abelisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. A. Baiano, D. Pol, and F. Bellardini, G. J. Windholz, I. A. Cerda, A. C. Garrido, R. A. Coria. 2022. Elemgasem nubilus: a new brachyrostran abelisaurid (Theropoda, Ceratosauria) from the Portezuelo Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of Patagonia, Argentina. Papers in Palaeontology 8:1-38