page_title: Elmisaurus
section_title: Classification
hierarchical_section_title: Elmisaurus / Classification
caption_attribution_description: Elmisaurus rarus.
context_page_description: Elmisaurus is an extinct genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. It was a theropod belonging to the Oviraptorosauria. Its fossils have been found in Mongolia. It is known from foot and hand bones.
context_section_description: The cladogram below follows an analysis by Longrich et al. in 2013, which found Elmisaurus to be a Caenagnathid.
caption: Life restoration
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