Nomingia

Nomingia is a genus of oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous Bugin Tsav Beds of Mongolia.

==Discovery and naming== thumb|left|Restoration with hypothetical head, arms, and feet thumb|left|upright|Vertebrae and tail of the holotype specimen The remains, consisting of most of the vertebral column, pelvic girdle and left tibio-tarsus, holotype GIN 100/119, were found in 1994 in layers of the Nemegt Svita, dating to the Maastrichtian. They were named and described as the type species Nomingia gobiensis by Barsbold, Halszka Osmólska, Mahito Watabe, Philip Currie and Khishigjaw Tsogtbaatar in 2000. The etymology of the binomial refers to the location where the fossils were found, with the generic name mentioning the Nomingiin Gobi (), one of the "Thirty-Three Gobis" which compose the Gobi Desert, which is itself mentioned in the specific descriptor.