Hagryphus
Hagryphus
- ha-grif-us
- 'Ha (Egyptian god of the western desert) griffin'
- 3.0m-long small theropod
- Diet: omnivorous
- Country: 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, Neotherapoda, Tetanurae, Avetherapoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Maniraptoriformes, Maniraptora, Oviraptorosauria
- Named by: Zanno and Sampson (2005)
- Type species: giganteus
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