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Caenagnathidae

Elmisaurus

"foot sole lizard"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Elmisaurus 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Elmisaurus
Length
5 m (16.4 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (70 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Omnivore
Clade
Caenagnathidae

Elmisaurus (meaning “foot sole lizard”) is an extinct genus of caenagnathid theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia.

What we know

  • Named by Osmólska, 1981.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Elmisaurus — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.