Anzu wyliei

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Anzu wyliei is a large, bird-like oviraptorosaurian dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous of North America, nicknamed the "chicken from hell" for its distinctive appearance and discovery in the Hell Creek Formation.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fossil taxon ⓘ
oviraptorosaurian dinosaur ⓘ
theropod dinosaur ⓘ
bodyCovering feathered ⓘ
clade Dinosauria ⓘ
Oviraptorosauria ⓘ
linked to: Caenagnathidae

Saurischia ⓘ
Theropoda ⓘ
class Reptilia ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
describedBy Emma R. Schachner ⓘ
Hans-Dieter Sues ⓘ
Matthew C. Lamanna ⓘ
Tyler R. Lyson ⓘ
diet omnivorous ⓘ
environment floodplain ⓘ
riverine ⓘ
estimatedLength about 3.5 meters ⓘ
estimatedMass about 200–300 kilograms ⓘ
family Caenagnathidae ⓘ
forelimbFeature large claws ⓘ
formation Hell Creek Formation ⓘ
Lance Formation ⓘ
fossilStatus known from multiple partial skeletons ⓘ
genus Anzu ⓘ
linked to: Anzu wyliei
geologicalAge Maastrichtian ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Late Cretaceous ⓘ
hasBeak yes ⓘ
hasCrest yes ⓘ
holotypeRepository Carnegie Museum of Natural History ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion bipedal ⓘ
namedAfter Anzu (Mesopotamian mythological demon-bird) ⓘ
linked to: Anzu-bird

Wylie J. Tuttle ⓘ
nicknamed chicken from hell ⓘ
notableFeature elongated neck ⓘ
pneumatized bones ⓘ
toothless beak ⓘ
paleoecologicalAssociation coexisted with Triceratops horridus ⓘ
coexisted with Tyrannosaurus rex ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
sizeRelative large for an oviraptorosaur ⓘ
tailType long ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
yearDescribed 2014 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inanna and the Huluppu Tree → containsEvent → Anzu-bird nests in the crown of the huluppu tree ⓘ
linked to: Anzu wyliei
Anzu wyliei → genus → Anzu ⓘ
linked to: Anzu wyliei
Sethekk Halls → boss → Anzu ⓘ
linked to: Anzu wyliei