Khaan mckennai
"McKenna's lord"

Khaan was one of many oviraptor species that lived in Mongolia's Gobi Desert during the Campanian age of the Cretaceous. First named in 2001, Khaan is known from two excellently preserved skeletons. Oviraptorid skulls are notorious for a wide range of variation, and traditionally any un-crested oviraptors were referred to the genus Ingenia. However, skeletal differences, especially in the hand, show that Khaan is distinct, though very similar, to its un-crested relatives like Ingenia and Conchoraptor. Like all maniraptors Khaan had feathers, though the retention of scales near the beak are speculative. Also speculative is the deflated throat pouch - my other Khaan drawing shows how I imagine such a structure could have been developed for a mating display.