Elmisaurus

Translingual

Etymology

From Mongolian өлмий (ölmii, “toes, front part of a foot”) + -saurus, so named because the type specimen consisted of a metatarsus.

Proper noun

Elmisaurus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Caenagnathidae – a theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.
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