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Khaan mckennai

Reptilia - Oviraptoridae

Taxonomy
Khaan mckennai was named by Clark et al. (2001). Its type specimen is IGM 100/1127. Its type locality is Mark's Second Egg, Ukhaa Tolgod, which is in a Campanian eolian sandstone in the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Khaan mckennai Clark et al. pp. 211-212 figs. fig. 2.
2003Khaan mckennai Rauhut p. 40
2004Khaan mckennai Lü et al. p. 109 fig. 8
2004Khaan mckennai Osmólska et al. p. 167
2009Khaan mckennai Balanoff et al. p. 4
2010Khaan mckennai Longrich et al. p. 953 fig. 7
2010Khaan mckennai Xu and Han p. 12
2011Khaan mckennai Turner et al. p. 37–38
2012Khaan mckennai Fanti et al. p. 1
2014Khaan mckennai Lamanna et al. p. 10 fig. 6
2015Khaan mckennai Funston et al. p. 186
2016Khaan mckennai Funston and Currie p. 5
2016Khaan mckennai Wang et al. p. 6
2018Khaan mckennai Norell et al. p. 10
2020Khaan mckennai Dalla Vecchia p. 610
2020Khaan mckennai Funston p. 136 fig. 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
Romeriida
Diapsida()
RankNameAuthor
Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
Crocopoda
ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
Eucrocopoda
Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
Ornithodira
Dinosauromorpha
Dinosauriformes
Dinosauria()
Theropoda()
Neotheropoda
AverostraPaul 2002
Tetanurae
Coelurosauria()
Maniraptora
infraorderOviraptorosauria
familyOviraptoridae
subfamilyHeyuanninae
genusKhaan
speciesmckennai

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Khaan mckennai Clark et al. 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteinfrao
Entire body: yesinfrao
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0infrao
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10infrao
Thickness: intermediateinfrao
Architecture: compact or denseinfrao
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partsinfrao
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialinfrao
Locomotion: actively mobileinfrao
Life habit: ground dwellinginfrao
Depth habitat: surfaceinfrao
Diet: omnivoreinfrao
Reproduction: oviparousinfrao
Dispersal: direct/internalinfrao
Dispersal 2: mobileinfrao
Created: 2005-03-06 14:07:56
Modified: 2005-03-06 16:07:56
Source: infrao = infraorder, o = order
References: Averianov and Yarkov 2004, Marsh 1875

Age range: Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) Khaan mckennai (type locality: 37212 37213)