| Khaan Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Holotype IGM 100/1127 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Oviraptoridae |
| Subfamily: | †Heyuanninae |
| Genus: | †Khaan Clark, Norell & Barsbold, 2001 |
| Species: | †K. mckennai
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| Binomial name | |
| †Khaan mckennai Clark, Norell, & Barsbold, 2001
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Khaan (/ˈkɑːn/; from Mongol [χaːŋ] 'lord') is an extinct genus of oviraptorid dinosaur known from remains found in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia, dating to the Late Cretaceous (Campanian, 75-71 million years ago).[1]
- ^ Clark, J. M.; Norell, M. A.; Barsbold, R. (2001). "Two new oviraptorids (Theropoda: Oviraptorosauria), Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (2): 209. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0209:TNOTOU]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86076568.