Genus
Valid Extinct

Haya

Makovicky et al. 2011
Etymology Du Sanskrit ''Hayagriva'', ce dernier étant l’un des avatars du Dieu Hindou Vishnu, lequel arborait sous cette forme, une tête de cheval. Une allusion au crâne de ce dinosaure qui est allongé et ressemble grossièrement à celui d’un cheval, une allusion aussi aux nombreuses représentations de cette divinité dans l’art bouddhique Mongol.

Haya is an extinct genus of basal neornithischian dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Haya
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Diagram of the skull of Haya griva in lateral view, reconstructed from IGM 100/2017 © IJReid · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Thescelosauridae Family
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Orodrominae Subfamily
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Haya Genus
Measurements
Length
1,6 m ⓘ
Haya griva
Mass
7,5 kg ⓘ
Haya griva
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
2
Geological formations
Javkhlant
1
Djadokhta
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
2
Species (1)
Haya griva 86 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
P. J. Makovicky, B. M. Kilbourne, and R. W. Sadleir, M. A. Norell. 2011. A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(3):626-640 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
D. E. Barta and M. A. Norell. 2021. The osteology of Haya griva (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 445:1-111 DOI ↗
P. J. Makovicky, B. M. Kilbourne, and R. W. Sadleir, M. A. Norell. 2011. A new basal ornithopod (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(3):626-640 DOI ↗