Genera

Nomingia

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Nomingia

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CLASSIFICATION

Nomingia
Barsbold, Osmólska, Watabe, Currie & Tsogtbataar, 2000TYPE SPECIES:
N. gobiensis Barsbold, Osmólska, Watabe, Currie & Tsogtbataar, 2000 ” from the
Gobi Desert”

Animalia Vertebrata Tetrapoda Sauropsida Archosauromorpha Ornithodira Dinosauria Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Oviraptorosauria

TIME

latest Late Cretaceous

see also: Ages of the Mesozoic

PLACE

see also: Paleo-Maps

REMAINS

N. gobiensis
GIN 100/119: 3 cervical vertebrae, 10 dorsal vertebrae, 10 fragmentary dorsal ribs, gastralia, sacrum (5 vertebrae), pelvis, femur, tibiae, fibulae, tail (24 vertebrae)

see also: Anatomy

ESSAY

The only non-pygostylian dinosaur known to have a pygostyle (a fusion of vertebrae at the end of the tail).

IMAGES

Field guide to the OviraptorosauriaI. Chirostenotes sternbergi (based on Chirostenotes pergracilis) II. Chirostenotes pergracilis III. Chirostenotes sp. (based on Chirostenotes pergracilis) IV. Elmisaurus rarus (based on other Caenagnathidae) V. Nomingia gobiensis (based on other Oviraptorosauria) VI. Caenagnathasia martinsoni VII. Elmisaurus elegans (based on other Caenagnathidae) VIII. Ingenia yanshini IX. Ingenia yanshini morph (possibly a different age, sex, species or subspecies from type) X. Conchoraptor gracilis XI. Oviraptor philoceratops XII. Oviraptor philoceratops morph AMNH 6517 (possibly a different age, sex, species or subspecies from type) XIII. Oviraptor philoceratops morph (possibly a different age, sex, species or subspecies from type) XIV. Rinchenia mongoliensis