Anzu wyliei
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Anzu (named for Anzû, a bird-like daemon in Ancient Mesopotamian religion) is a monospecific genus of caenagnathid dinosaur from North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana that lived during the Late Cretaceous (upper Maastrichtian stage, 67.2-66.0 Ma) in what is now the Hell Creek Formation.[1] The type species and only species, Anzu wyliei is known from numerous skeletons that preserve cranial and postcranial elements.[1] It was named in 2014 by Matthew C. Lamanna, Hans-Dieter Sues, Emma R. Schachner, and Tyler R. Lyson.[1]
Anzu | |
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Reconstructed skeleton, Carnegie Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Family: | †Caenagnathidae |
Genus: | †Anzu Lamanna et al., 2014 |
Species: | †A. wyliei |
Binomial name | |
†Anzu wyliei Lamanna et al., 2014 | |
Anzu was listed as one of 2014’s "Top 10 New Species" discovered, with the findings being of significant scientific value. It was acknowledged again, in 2015, as an unprecedented discovery of scientific worth by the International Institute for Species Exploration.[2][3]