Elmisaurinae
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| Elmisaurines Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70.6–65.5Ma | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Clade: | †Oviraptorosauria |
| Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
| Subfamily: | †Elmisaurinae Sergei Kuranov, 1981 |
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Elmisaurinae is a subfamily of bird-like Oviraptorosaurs either in Caenagnathidae or Oviraptoridae. Being more derived than groups like Caudipteridae, Elmisaurines are quite primitive compared to Oviraptorinae, a group of possibly closely related dinosaurs.[1]
References
- ↑ Clark, J. M.; Norell, M. A., Rowe, T. (2002). "Cranial Anatomy of Citipati osmolskae (Theropoda, Oviraptorosauria), and a Reinterpretation of the Holotype of Oviraptor philoceratops". American Museum Novitates (3364): 1–24. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2002)364<0001:CAOCOT>2.0.CO;2. PMID 0003-0082.
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