Nomingia

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Nomingia
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous

Nomingia by Michael Skrepnick.

Conservation status

Extinct (fossil)

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Infraorder:	Coelurosauria
(unranked)	Oviraptorosauria
Family:	Caenagnathidae
Genus:	Nomingia
Species:	N. gobiensis

Binomial name

Nomingia gobiensis
Barsbold et al., 2000

Nomingia was an oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur hailing from the Late Cretaceous Bugin Tsav Beds. The remains, consisting of vertebral series, pelvic girdle and left tibio-tarsus, was described by Barsbold et al. in 2000.

Nomingia is characterized by a pygostyle-like mass of fused vertebrae at the tail end probably supporting a feather fan. This bone structure had only been found in birds before this fossil was discovered.

[edit] References

Rinchen Barsbold, Halszka Osmólska, Mahito Watabe, Philip J. Currie & Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar (2000)New Oviraptorosaur (Dinosauria, Theropoda) From Mongolia: The First Dinosaur With A Pygostyle. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 2000, 45(2). Pp. 97-106).