Anzu
Field photograph to come
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
70 million years ago
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