Anzu

Field photograph to come

DV-0878Hell Creek Fm., South Dakota

Anzu

DV-0878

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Omnivore
Group
Theropods, Caenagnathidae
Found in
United States
Named by
Lamanna et al. 2014

Field notes

About Anzu

Anzu was an omnivorous theropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Caenagnathidae.

The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Anzu, from South Dakota, Montana and North Dakota. Its fossils come from the Hell Creek Formation. It was named by Lamanna et al. in 2014.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

4 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Caenagnathidae.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: M. C. Lamanna, H.-D. Sues, and E. R. Schachner, T. R. Lyson. 2014. A New large-bodied oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of western North America. PLoS ONE 9(3):e92022:1-16