Elemgasem

cloud person

• elem · Tehuelche (Aonikenk) · cloud
• gasem · Tehuelche (Aonikenk) · person

Elemgasem is a noasaurid theropod from Patagonia, named from words in the Tehuelche (Aonikenk) language. The name combines "elem" (cloud) and "gasem" (person), giving "cloud person". The type species, Elemgasem nubilus, has a Latin species name meaning "cloudy", referring to the cloudy weather during the fieldwork when the fossil was found.

Named by

Baiano et al.

Year named

2022

Period

Late Cretaceous

Found in

Cerro Fortaleza Formation, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina

A small abelisauroid (noasaurid) theropod, known from partial skeletal remains. Exact geologic stages not given because I am not certain of them.