Elmisaurus
Field photograph to come
Elmisaurus
DV-0271
- Lived
- 72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Group
- Theropods, Caenagnathidae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Osmolska 1981
Field notes
About Elmisaurus
Elmisaurus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Elmisaurus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Nemegt Formation. It was named by Osmolska in 1981.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
70 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Caenagnathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: H. Osmolska. 1981. Coossified tarsometatarsi in theropod dinosaurs and their bearing on the problem of bird origins. Palaeontologica Polonica 42:79-95