#Khaan mckennai

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Originally thought to be a species of “Ingenia” (now known as Heyuannia), Khaan mckennai was eventually determined to be unique enough for its own genus. While a small, relatively inconspicuous ovoraptorid, its name is derived from the Mongol word for “lord” or “ruler”. In an environment full of larger oviraptorids and dromaeosaurs, I’m not sure Khaan would have felt much like a ruler in its day! Like other oviraptorosaurs, it was probably a herbivore or omnivore, and it had a very strong bite force built for feeding on much tougher vegetation than what other herbivores could eat. In a desert environment, dinosaurs would have needed whatever nutrition they could get, and it was helpful to have special adaptations like this. Perhaps, then, Khaan was the king of crunching on cycads.

The holotype of Khaan is a relatively complete skeleton found together with another similarly sized Khaan. These two, having been buried by a collapsing sand dune and fossilized together, are informally referred to as “Romeo and Juliet.” Further investigation shows that this couple did indeed show signs of sexual dimorphism. While they were relatively similar in size, Romeo had a muscular, more flexible tail, signifying that male Khaans may have shook their tail fans to attract a mate. Meanwhile, the shorter spines on Juliet’s tail vertebrae may have given her more room for laying eggs.

Found in the Ukhaa Tolgod locality of the Djadochta Formation of Late Cretaceous Mongolia, Khaan would have lived alongside some familiar dinosaurs. These include fellow oviraptorid Citipati, the dromaeosaurs Tsaagan, Velociraptor mongoliensis, and Halszkaraptor, the troodontids Byronosaurus and Almas, alvarezsaurids like Kol and Shuvuuia, birds like Apsaravis and Gobipteryx, ankylosaurs like Minotaurasaurus and Pinacosaurus grangeri, an indeterminate protoceratopsid, as well as lizards, turtles, and small mammals.

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Khaan mckennai

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KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

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I’m just going through and posting all my “Good” Paintings here to catch you all up

Name: Velociraptor Takes a Dive

Animals shown: Velociraptor mongoliensis, Asparavis ukhaana, Khaan mckennai

Original Description: After an successful night of hunting, this Velociraptor has stayed up fast her curfew to catch a pair of Apsaravis, who rise early in the morning to feed, and are usually slow to wake. Sadly, due to a combination of Velociraptors weak arms (weak even for dromaeosaurs) and instinct passed down from flighted ancestors to take a leap, a leap that her weak arms couldn't suspend, and so she crashes and burns. Better luck tomorrow night. Also, the Oviraptorids are Khaans, they're quite confused to see a Velociraptor up so early, so they're keeping their distance.

Things I’d change now: Don’t even pretend like you didn't notice the crazyness going on with the shadows.

Link to the original:https://kirbyniferousregret.deviantart.com/art/Velociraptor-Takes-a-Dive-657706359

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Khaan mckennai

Source: http://dinooftheweek.blogspot.com/2015_02_01_archive.html

Name: Khaan mckennai

Name Meaning: Mongol Lord 

First Described: 2001

Described By: Clark, Norell & Barsbold 

Classification: Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Averostra, Tetanurae, Orionides, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Pennaraptora, Oviraptorosauria, Caenagnathoidea, Oviraptoridae, Oviraptorinae

Khaan, not to be confused with the Star Trek character, lived about 75 million years ago, in the Campanian age of the Late Cretaceous. It was found in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia. It is known from a nearly complete skeleton found with another individual, about 4 feet long. It was a fairly normal oviraptorid, and like other oviraptorids, its diet is relatively unknown. 

Source: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaan

Shout out goes to lifesbackwardandforward!