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Elmisaurus
Elmisaurus rarus (Osmolska 1981)
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 72.2–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
omnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
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 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%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Elmisaurus sits in deep time
Elmisaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Elmisaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.