Elmisaurus
| Elmisaurus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, | |
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| Skeletal restoration showing known elements (including those of Nomingia) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
| Subfamily: | †Elmisaurinae |
| Genus: | †Elmisaurus Osmólska, 1981 |
| Species: | †E. rarus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Elmisaurus rarus Osmólska, 1981 | |
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Elmisaurus (meaning "foot sole lizard") is an extinct genus of caenagnathid dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It was a theropod belonging to the Oviraptorosauria.