<i>Anzu wyliei</i>, the 'Chicken from Hell' Dionosaur (IMAGE)

University of Utah

<i>Anzu wyliei</i>, the 'Chicken from Hell' Dionosaur

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Anzu wyliei -- a bird-like dinosaur nicknamed the "chicken from hell" that roamed the Dakotas 66 million years ago -- appears in its natural environment in this artist's depiction. Discovery and description of the new dinosaur was announced by the University of Utah, Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History.

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Mark Klingler, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

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