Outline: a typical theropod
Khaan
"lord"
- 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
Size comparison
To scale
Scale in metersOutline: typical theropod shape
Where its fossils were found
The evidence
Today
80 million years ago
Field notes
About Khaan
What it was like
Khaan was a small oviraptorid about 1.8 meters (6 feet) long, a feathered theropod with a short, toothless beak. Unlike many relatives, it had no crest on its head.
Its world
It lived in the Late Cretaceous, in what is now Mongolia. It comes from the Djadokhta Formation, a sandy land shared with Velociraptor, Protoceratops, and its relatives Oviraptor and Citipati.
How it was found
Clark and colleagues named Khaan in 2001. Two skeletons found close together were once thought to be a pair, but both may be the same sex.
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations
Close relatives
Other members of Oviraptoridae
Sources: 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