Hagryphus
Field photograph to come
Hagryphus
DV-0577
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Length
- about 3 m (10 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Caenagnathidae
- Found in
- United States
- Named by
- Zanno and Sampson 2005
Field notes
About Hagryphus
Hagryphus was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Hagryphus, from Utah. Its fossils come from the Kaiparowits Formation. It was named by Zanno and Sampson in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Hagryphus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Caenagnathidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: L. E. Zanno and S. D. Sampson. 2005. A new oviraptorosaur (Theropoda, Maniraptora) from the Late Cretaceous (Campanian) of Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 25(4):897-904