Anzu was a omnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited North America. Its fossils have been found in places such as North Dakota and South Dakota.

Quick facts about Anzu:

  • Existed from Maastrichtian Age to 66 million years ago
  • Lived in a terrestrial habitat
  • Was a omnivore
  • Reproduced by laying eggs
  • 3 different specimens have been found by paleontologists

All the Anzu illustrations below were collected from the internet. Enjoy and explore:

Anzu was described by the following scientific paper(s):
  • M. C. Lamanna and H.-D. Sues. 2014. A New large-bodied oviraptorosaurian theropod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of western North America. PLoS ONE 9(3):e92022:1-16
  • W. G. Joyce and T. R. Lyson. 2016. New cranial material of Gilmoremys lancensis (Testudines, Trionychidae) from the Hell Creek Formation of southeastern Montana, U.S.A. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36(6):e1225748:1-10
  • K. R. Johnson. 2002. Megaflora of the Hell Creek and lower Fort Union Formations in the western Dakotas: Vegetational response to climate change, the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary event, and rapid marine transgression. The Hell Creek Formation and the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary in the northern Great Plains: An integrated continental record of the end of the Cretaceous. 361:329-391