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And after "Ingenia" now Ajancingenia, finally also the big unnamed caenagnathid sometimes informally called "Trieboldia" has got its offical name and description! Here you are Anzu wyliei, one of the best oviraptorosaurian specimens. It lived in what is now Dakota regions at the strict end of Cretaceous (definitely one of the last living oviraptorosaurs known and one of the biggest crested) with a body length of about 2,8-3,6 meters.
Taxon main estabilished autapomorphies are:
- Very long retroarticular process (at the rear of the lower jaw);
- Absence of maxillar recesses around the antorbital fenestra;
- Occipital condyle wider than the foramen magnum;
- Anterior part of lower jaw fused within its counterpart in a prominent flange on its outer side;
- Big crest with unique crescent-like shape;
- Forked, vertically deep branch of the jugal towards the quadratojugal;
- Elongated, "L"-shaped nasal branch of the maxilla;
- Lower end of radius split into two rounded processes;
Let's hope the next will be 100/42 specimen!
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Dromeothetroognathus's avatar
anzu is big enough!!!