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Dinosaur: Anzu wyliei
| Length*: | 3.8 m | 12.5 ft |
| Weight*: | 240 kg | 529 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Late Maastrichtian
Years: 72.1–66 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Lamanna et al.
Year: 2014
Distribution
Area: North America
Country: USA
Region: South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana
Formation: Hell Creek
Locations
Sources
Material: A large part of the skeleton with partial skull, referred few other specimens.
References: Lamanna, Sues, Schachner and Lyson, (2014). A new large-bodied oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur from the Latest Cretaceous of western North America.
Holtz, Williams and Tremaine, (2015). A new specimen of Anzu (Caenagnathidae, Oviraptorosauria): Implications for the proposed Caenagnathinae/Elmisaurinae division and for cursoriality in caenagnathids.
