Very HardAnzu
Anzu wyliei
AN-zoo· “Anzu (a feathered demon)”
🕰️ Cretaceous🍽️ omnivore🦴 Caenagnathidae
3.5 m
Length
1.5 m
Height
250 kg
Weight
A tall, feathered, beaked dinosaur with a crest on its head, nicknamed the 'chicken from hell'. It roamed North America right up to the extinction.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~68–66 million years ago
Found in
United States
Discovered
Matthew Lamanna, 2014
Did you know?
- Scientists nicknamed it 'the chicken from hell'.
- It had a toothless beak, a bony head crest and a feathered body.
- It was one of the largest oviraptorosaurs from North America.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.