Hagryphus

Pronunciation:
ha-grif-us
Name meaning:
'Ha (Egyptian god of the western desert) griffin'

© Andrey Atuchin

Type of dinosaur:
small theropod
Length:
3.0m
Diet:
omnivorous
Found in:
USA

Hagryphus is known from only a left hand, fragmentary metatarsals and pedal phalanges (part of a foot), so this reconstruction is based on these and Chirostenotes, a very similar dinosaur.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Oviraptorosauria
Named by:
Zanno and Sampson (2005)
Type species:
giganteus