Haya
Field photograph to come
Haya
DV-0781
- Lived
- 86 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Early ornithischians, Thescelosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Makovicky et al. 2011
Field notes
About Haya
Haya was a plant-eating early ornithischian that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 86 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Thescelosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Haya, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from rocks including the Djadokhta Formation and the Javkhlant Formation. It was named by Makovicky et al. in 2011.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Thescelosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: P. J. Makovicky, B. M. Kilbourne, and R. W. Sadleir, M. A. Norell. 2011. A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(3):626-640