Elmisaurinae

Elmisaurines
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, 70.6–66 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Theropoda
Clade: Oviraptorosauria
Family: Caenagnathidae
Subfamily: Elmisaurinae
Osmólska, 1981
Genera

Elmisaurus
Leptorhynchos
Caenagnathasia

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]

See also

References

  1. 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 364 (3364): 1–24. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2002)364<0001:CAOCOT>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082.


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