Khaan
Field photograph to come
Khaan
DV-0483
- Lived
- 84 to 72 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Length
- about 1.8 m (6 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Oviraptoridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Clark et al. 2001
Field notes
About Khaan
Khaan was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 72 million years ago. It belongs to the family Oviraptoridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Khaan, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Djadokhta Formation. It was named by Clark et al. in 2001.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
80 million years ago
To scale
How big was Khaan?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Oviraptoridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. M. Clark, M. A. Norell, and R. Barsbold. 2001. Two new oviraptorids (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria), Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):209-213