Khaan

Khaan
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
Holotype IGM 100/1127
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: †Oviraptoridae
Subfamily: †Heyuanninae
Genus: †Khaan
Clark, Norell & Barsbold, 2001
Species:
†K. mckennai
Binomial name
†Khaan mckennai
Clark, Norell, & Barsbold, 2001
This article is about the dinosaur. For the Mongol monarchy, see Khagan. For other uses, see Khan (disambiguation).

Khaan (/ˈkɑːn/; from Mongol [χaːŋ] 'lord') was an oviraptorid dinosaur that was found in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia and lived in the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian), 75-71 million years ago.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.