[arista]

[This newly described dinosaur might
look like a chicken, but don’t be
fooled: It was nearly 4 meters long,
weighed about 250 kilograms,
and lived 66 million years ago in
what is today the Hell Creek
rock formation in North and South Dakota.
That’s why its discoverers are
calling it the “chicken from hell,”
and indeed it was related to early
birds and to feathered, birdlike dinos
that brooded over their nests,
such as Oviraptor. Scientifically,
however, the team has named
it Anzu wyliei—Anzu after a
birdlike demon in
Mesopotamian mythology,
and wyliei after Wylie,
the young grandson of a
trustee of the Carnegie Museums
of Pittsburgh, where a cast of the
dino is now on display. The creature
had a toothless beak, sharp claws,
and a tall crest on top of its head.
It is the largest Oviraptor-like
dinosaur found in North America,
the researchers report today in PLOS ONE.]


http://news.sciencemag.org/paleontol...erican-midwest