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sharp-clawed runner
Khaan
Say it like this: “kahn”
Khaan mckennai
Khaan ate plants and meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
- Named in
- 2001 · Clark, J. M.; Norell, M. A.; Barsbold, R.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 1.8 m · 6 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Mongolia · Djadokhta
- Food and walking
- Omnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Heyuanninae
The story in short
In 2001, J. M. Clark and colleagues published the name Khaan. The name honors a person tied to the fossil or its study.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Campanian), roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Djadokhta Formation. It was an omnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Khaan at a length near 1.8 m.
On the family tree it sits in Heyuanninae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Conchoraptor
Conchoraptor gracilis
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago
Gobiraptor
Gobiraptor minutus
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
Heyuannia
Heyuannia huangi
Late Cretaceous (Campanian · Maastrichtian) · roughly 83.6 to 66 million years ago