Elemgasem
| Elemgasem Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Abelisauridae |
| Clade: | † Brachyrostra
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| Genus: | †Elemgasem Baiano et al., 2022 |
| Species: | †E. nubilus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Elemgasem nubilus Baiano et al., 2022
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Elemgasem (after a
sister taxon to Furileusauria or in several positions within this clade.[1]
Discovery and naming
type locality
The Elemgasem
metatarsals, and various pedal phalanges.[1]
In 2022, Baiano et al. described Elemgasem as a new genus and species of brachyrostran abelisaurid. The generic name, "Elemgasem", references a Tehuelche deity of the same name; according to mythology, Elemgasem is the owner of animals and father of the southern viscacha with the power to petrify others and himself, as well as the inhabitant of the mountains and sky. The specific name, "nubilus", means "foggy day" in Latin, in reference to the unusual foggy climate during the expedition that discovered the Elemgasem holotype.[1]
Pathology
pathological
bones have been described. Elemgasem is B.The holotype tail vertebrae of Elemgasem demonstrate
tetanuran theropod, and the second case in a non-avian theropod.[2]
Paleoenvironment
Elemgasem is known from the
crocodiles have also been found in the formation.[1]