Smithsonian Scientists with <i>Anzu wyliei</i> Reconstruction (IMAGE)

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

Smithsonian Scientists with <i>Anzu wyliei</i> Reconstruction

Caption

Smithsonian scientists, Hans-Dieter Sues (right) and Tyler Lyson (left), examine a reconstructed Anzu wyliei skull. The new species was identified by a team of Smithsonian scientists in collaboration with the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and University of Utah from three partial skeletons collected from the Hell Creek Formation, providing detailed evidence of North American oviraptorosaurs for the first time.

Credit

Brittany Hance, Smithsonian Institution.

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