Khaan

This article is about the dinosaur. For the Star Trek reference, see Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Khaan Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Profile of Khaan mckennai.
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sauropsida
Superorder:	Dinosauria
Order:	Saurischia
Suborder:	Theropoda
Infraorder:	Coelurosauria
(unranked):	Oviraptorosauria
Family:	Oviraptoridae
Genus:	Khaan
Species:	K. mckennai
Binomial name
Khaan mckennai Clark, Norell, & Barsbold, 2001

Khaan (IPA pronunciation: ['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.

Links

• Khaan in the Dino Directory
• Khaan mckennai at the Dinosauricon