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Elmisaurus Elmisaurus rarus (Osmolska 1981)
/ˌɛlmɪsˈɔːɹəs/
estimated
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Mongolia
Region
Omnogov
Formation
Nemegt
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Elmisaurus rarus is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 72.2–66.0 million years ago. It was an omnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Omnogov, Mongolia. It was named by (Osmolska 1981). The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Elmisaurus rarus sits in deep time
Elmisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Elmisaurus rarus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.