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KHAAN
(karn)
meaning: "Lord"
Khaan
Named By: J. M. Clark, M. A. Norell & R. Barsbold in 2001
Time Period: Late Cretaceous, 84-75 Ma
Location: Mongolia - Djadokhta Formation
Size: Approximately about 110 centimetres long (not including feathers)
Diet: Omnivore
Fossil(s): Partial remains of at least two individuals
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Theropda | Oviraptorosauria | Oviraptoridae | Oviraptorinae |
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Khaan (Mongol [kha:NG] 'lord') was an oviraptorid dinosaur that was found in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia and lived in the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian), 75 million years ago.

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