Hagryphus

Ha's griffin

• Ha · Egyptian · god of the western desert
• gryphus · Latinised Greek · griffin

The name combines Ha, an Egyptian god associated with the western desert, with "gryphus", the Latinised word for griffin, a mythical creature with a bird-like head. The authors chose it to reflect the desert-like, arid setting of the fossil site in the American Southwest and the bird-like (beaked, toothless) nature of this oviraptorosaur. The only species is Hagryphus giganteus.

Named by

Zanno and Sampson

Year named

2005

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Campanian

Found in

Kaiparowits Formation, Utah, USA

A feathered, bird-like theropod, an oviraptorosaur usually regarded as a caenagnathid. It is known from very fragmentary remains, mainly parts of the hand and foot, so its exact relationships are uncertain.