Hagryphus

Field photograph to come

DV-0577Kaiparowits Fm., Utah

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

1 find

80 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

How big was Hagryphus?

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Hagryphus: about 3 m (10 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

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