Khaan

Taxobox
name = "Khaan"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous

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image_size = 200px
image_caption = Fossil skeleton of "Khaan mckennai".
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Theropoda
familia = Oviraptoridae
genus = "Khaan"
genus_authority = Clark, Norell, & Barsbold, 2001
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="K. mckennai" Clark, Norell, & Barsbold, 2001 (type)

"Khaan" (pronEng|ˈkɑːn; Mongol IPA2|χaːŋ, etymology: Derived from the Mongolian for 'lord') was an oviraptorid dinosaur that was found in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia and lived in the Late Cretaceous Period, 70 million years ago. "Khaan" did not differ much from other oviraptorids. At first, its remains were assigned to "Ingenia", but the "Khaan" manual structure differs sufficiently from that of "Ingenia" for it to be assigned to its own genus. Among oviraptorids, it was probably more closely related to "Conchoraptor".

Like other oviraptorids, "Khaan" was probably at least partially a meat eater, feeding on small vertebrates like mammals, lizards and possibly other small dinosaurs. It was also probably feathered.

External links

* [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/detail.dsml?Genus=Khaan "Khaan in the Dino Directory]
* [http://dino.lm.com/images/display.php?id=2123/"Khaan" mckennai at the Dinosauricon]