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Elmisaurus rarus
Taxonomy
Elmisaurus rarus was named by Osmolska (1981). Its type specimen is ZPal MgD-I/172 & 98, a set of limb elements, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nemegt, Northern Sayr, site 13 [PMPE], which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial conglomerate in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was considered monophyletic by Currie (2000).
It was recombined as Chirostenotes rarus by Paul (1988); it was corrected as Elmisaurus rara by Olshevsky (2000).
It was recombined as Chirostenotes rarus by Paul (1988); it was corrected as Elmisaurus rara by Olshevsky (2000).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1981 | Elmisaurus rarus Osmolska p. 81 |
1986 | Elmisaurus rarus Gauthier p. 9 |
1988 | Elmisaurus rarus Currie and Russell p. 985 |
1988 | Chirostenotes rarus Paul p. 374 |
1989 | Elmisaurus rarus Currie |
1992 | Elmisaurus rarus Currie p. 246 |
1997 | Elmisaurus rarus Barsbold p. 448 |
1997 | Elmisaurus rarus Norell and Makovicky p. 9 |
1997 | Elmisaurus rarus Osmólska p. 472 |
2000 | Nomingia gobiensis Barsbold et al. |
2000 | Elmisaurus rarus Currie p. 437 |
2000 | Elmisaurus rara Olshevsky p. 28 |
2002 | Nomingia gobiensis Maryanska et al. p. 101 fig. 1 |
2003 | Elmisaurus rarus Rauhut p. 40 |
2003 | Nomingia gobiensis Rauhut p. 40 |
2004 | Nomingia gobiensis Lü et al. p. 109 fig. 8 |
2004 | Nomingia gobiensis Osmólska et al. p. 166 |
2004 | Elmisaurus rarus Osmólska et al. p. 167 |
2008 | Nomingia gobiensis He et al. p. 188 |
2009 | Elmisaurus rarus Balanoff et al. p. 2 |
2011 | Nomingia gobiensis Sullivan et al. p. 428 |
2013 | Nomingia gobiensis Longrich et al. p. 36 |
2013 | Elmisaurus rarus Longrich et al. p. 38 |
2014 | Elmisaurus rarus Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6 |
2014 | Nomingia gobiensis Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6 |
2015 | Nomingia gobiensis Funston et al. p. 186 |
2015 | Elmisaurus rarus Funston et al. p. 187 |
2015 | Elmisaurus rarus Yao et al. p. 291 |
2016 | Elmisaurus rarus Currie p. 86 |
2016 | Elmisaurus rarus Funston and Currie p. 1 |
2016 | Nomingia gobiensis Funston and Currie p. 9 |
2016 | Elmisaurus rarus Funston et al. p. 159 |
2016 | Nomingia gobiensis Wang et al. p. 12 |
2018 | Elmisaurus rarus Funston et al. p. 107 |
2018 | Nomingia gobiensis Funston et al. p. 114 |
2018 | Elmisaurus rarus Norell et al. p. 17 |
2019 | Elmisaurus rarus Lee et al. p. 2 |
2020 | Elmisaurus rarus Funston p. 106 |
2020 | Nomingia gobiensis Funston p. 121 |
2020 | Nomingia gobiensis Rhodes et al. p. 3 |
2020 | Elmisaurus rarus Rhodes et al. p. 10 |
2021 | Elmisaurus rarus Funston et al. p. 4 |
2021 | Elmisaurus rarus Sellés et al. p. 5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Elmisaurus rarus Osmolska 1981
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Invalid names: Nomingia gobiensis Barsbold et al. 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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H. Osmolska 1981 | Metatarsal III visible anteriorly for about 90% of its entire length; length/width ratio of metatarsus 0.18; metacarpal I about 2/3 the length of phalanx 1 in this digit, digit III markedly thinner than digits I and II both of which are equally thick; ventroposterior portions of the manus phalanges distinctly thickened at the proximal surfaces. | |
G. F. Funston et al. 2018 | Caenagnathid oviraptorosaur diagnosed by the following features (autapomorphies indicated by asterisks): frontal divided by slot for nasals*; laterally-facing glenoid (shared with Apatoraptor pennatus); manual phalanges II-1 and II-2 equal in length; proximally coossified tarsometatarsus composed of fused distal tarsals and metatarsals II–IV (shared with Le. elegans); hook-like proximodorsal process of distal tarsal IV (shared with Le. elegans); straight shaft of metatarsal II. |
Measurements
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References: Marsh 1875, Averianov and Yarkov 2004 |
Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Maastrichtian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Coeluroidea indet. (type locality: 180698) Elmisaurus rarus, Nomingia gobiensis (55257) |