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bird-hipped dinosaur
Haya
Say it like this: “hah-yah”
Haya griva
Haya ate plants and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian) · roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2011 · Makovicky, P. J.; Kilbourne, B. M.; Sadleir, R. W.; Norell, M. A.
- Hip height
- 0.5 m · 2 ft
- Length
- 1.6 m · 5 ft
- Weight
- 12 kg · 26 lb
- Found in
- Mongolia · Javkhlant
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Two legs
- Kind
- bird-hipped dinosaur · Ornithischian
- Family branch
- Thescelosaurinae
The story in short
In 2011, P. J. Makovicky and colleagues published the name Haya.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Santonian · Campanian), roughly 85.7 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Javkhlant Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Haya at a length near 1.6 m, hips about 0.5 m high, and a body mass around 12 kg.
On the family tree it sits in Thescelosaurinae, among the bird-hipped dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Changchunsaurus
Changchunsaurus parvus
Early Cretaceous (Aptian · Albian) · roughly 121.4 to 100.5 million years ago
Doolysaurus
Doolysaurus huhmini
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Fona
Fona herzogae
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago