Khaan

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Khaan
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous

Profile of Khaan mckennai.

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Family:	Oviraptoridae
Genus:	Khaan Clark, Norell, & Barsbold, 2001

Species

K. mckennai Clark, Norell, & Barsbold, 2001 (type)

Khaan (pronounced /ˈkɑːn/; Mongol IPA: [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.