Another New Dino!

[verinnius]

Chicken from Hell, quite the nickname.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/new-dinosaur-called-the-chicken-from-hell/2014/03/19/92cc64d4-af7d-11e3-9627-c65021d6d572_story.html

[Concavenator]

Like its name!Wow! 2014 is pretty much looking like a veery rich year for new dinosaur species!

[EmperorDinobot]

Anzu...

That's what I was gonna name my imaginary air guitar band.

[CityRaptor]

Well, Bakker called Tyrannosaurus once a "Roadrunner from Hell".
Even better, it is from the end of the Cretaceous, adding another species to the mix.

[tyrantqueen]

Scientists have discovered a freakish, birdlike species of dinosaur — 11 feet long, 500 pounds, with a beak, no teeth, a bony crest atop its head, murderous claws, prize-fighter arms, spindly legs, a thin tail and feathers sprouting all over the place.

How is this any different from most other oviraptorids? It's fairly large, but it's no gigantoraptor. Not sure why they're calling it the "Chicken from Hell".

[Gwangi]

Scientists have discovered a freakish, birdlike species of dinosaur — 11 feet long, 500 pounds, with a beak, no teeth, a bony crest atop its head, murderous claws, prize-fighter arms, spindly legs, a thin tail and feathers sprouting all over the place.

How is this any different from most other oviraptorids? It's fairly large, but it's no gigantoraptor. Not sure why they're calling it the "Chicken from Hell".

I couldn't even read the whole article, everything is just so exaggerated and sensationalized. I'm not going to say it's not a cool find but at the end of the day, it is just another oviraptor. The name doesn't even mean "chicken from Hell".

Like its name!Wow! 2014 is pretty much looking like a veery rich year for new dinosaur species!

No surprise there, the same can be said for every year in the last decade or two...or longer.

[Balaur]

Yup. I agree with tyrantqueen and gwangi. It's cool that they found a new dinosaur, but seriously? So, its a 3 metre long oviraptorid. Cool. These quotes, like "It looked like a cross between a chicken and lizard." Ugh. I hate the media. Ugh. So sensationalistic.

[verinnius]

Yup. I agree with tyrantqueen and gwangi. It's cool that they found a new dinosaur, but seriously? So, its a 3 metre long oviraptorid. Cool. These quotes, like "It looked like a cross between a chicken and lizard." Ugh. I hate the media. Ugh. So sensationalistic.

The media exaggerate something?  Nevvveeerrrrr     

It's a cool discovery, but I doubt it's going to change our understanding of anything.  It's certainly a very "fluffy" article haha

[Paleogene Pals]

At least part of it was found in northwestern South Dakota. Last summer, I actually able to see some Hell Creek up close and personal. That was a fun trip, no dino hunting though

[Aaron Doyle]

Looks like I need to rename my "Chirostenotes" model.  It was based on this exact mount from the Carnegie but it hadn't been described yet.  A lot of folks were informally lumping it with Caenagnathus or Chirostenotes but it seems it is in fact a distinct genus.  Cool to see it finally get an official name.

[amargasaurus cazaui]

Sizewise the dinosaur is wothy of notice, placed in context with Citipatti, Oviraptor and Gigantaraptor. As Citipatti would be larger than Oviraptor, and yet smaller than this animal, that would make this the second largest known Maniraptor , which is worth note at least, if nothing else. Not sure that deserves all the press, and sensationalism but it is something at least.

[Brontozaurus]

Scientists have discovered a freakish, birdlike species of dinosaur — 11 feet long, 500 pounds, with a beak, no teeth, a bony crest atop its head, murderous claws, prize-fighter arms, spindly legs, a thin tail and feathers sprouting all over the place.

How is this any different from most other oviraptorids? It's fairly large, but it's no gigantoraptor. Not sure why they're calling it the "Chicken from Hell".

Well, it IS from the Hell Creek formation so it makes sense.

And the fact is that the piece was written for an audience who might not be familiar with oviraptorids (even Oviraptor isn't that famous), so leading with a description of how weird they were works for catching the reader's attention.

[Concavenator]

Yup. I agree with tyrantqueen and gwangi. It's cool that they found a new dinosaur, but seriously? So, its a 3 metre long oviraptorid. Cool. These quotes, like "It looked like a cross between a chicken and lizard." Ugh. I hate the media. Ugh. So sensationalistic.

The media exaggerate something?  Nevvveeerrrrr     

It's a cool discovery, but I doubt it's going to change our understanding of anything.  It's certainly a very "fluffy" article haha

Yes,they do.When Lythronax was discovered,I read on the article "Meet Lythronax:T.rex's oldest relative " When Guanlong and Dilong were much older.They exaggerate to make a new discovery look more important then it really is.

[tyrantqueen]

Scientists have discovered a freakish, birdlike species of dinosaur — 11 feet long, 500 pounds, with a beak, no teeth, a bony crest atop its head, murderous claws, prize-fighter arms, spindly legs, a thin tail and feathers sprouting all over the place.

How is this any different from most other oviraptorids? It's fairly large, but it's no gigantoraptor. Not sure why they're calling it the "Chicken from Hell".

Well, it IS from the Hell Creek formation so it makes sense.

And the fact is that the piece was written for an audience who might not be familiar with oviraptorids (even Oviraptor isn't that famous), so leading with a description of how weird they were works for catching the reader's attention.

Well yeah, but the tone of the article just leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Just seems so over the top to me:

Scientists have discovered a freakish, birdlike species of dinosaur — 11 feet long, 500 pounds, with a beak, no teeth, a bony crest atop its head, murderous claws, prize-fighter arms, spindly legs, a thin tail and feathers sprouting all over the place.

At the end of the day, it's just an animal like anything alive today. Not a monster like this article is making out. Also, how could its claws be "murderous"? Murder refers to the acting of killing another human by a human

I'm just nitpicker I suppose.

[Dinoguy2]

Not to rain on the sensationalism parade, but this isn't even "new" to most dino fans. The complete mounted skeleton was unveiled over 10 years ago, it's just that everybody's been calling it Chirostenotes the whole time. Do a Google image search for "Chirostenotes": Hundreds of results, 99% of them show Anzu. It's even been on Dinosaur Train!



Unfortunately, "cool giant oviraptorosaur we've known about since 2000 finally gets a name and a proper description isn't news these days, so they have to go with "ZOMG giant hell chicken lol"!

[Aaron Doyle]

Not to rain on the sensationalism parade, but this isn't even "new" to most dino fans. The complete mounted skeleton was unveiled over 10 years ago, it's just that everybody's been calling it Chirostenotes the whole time. Do a Google image search for "Chirostenotes": Hundreds of results, 99% of them show Anzu. It's even been on Dinosaur Train!


Unfortunately, "cool giant oviraptorosaur we've known about since 2000 finally gets a name and a proper description isn't news these days, so they have to go with "ZOMG giant hell chicken lol"!

This is partially true.  The reason most Chirostenotes reconstructions and skeletals look like Anzu is because they were based on the Anzu material.  The actual Chirostenotes material, I believe, consists only of isolated hand bones and is hardly diagnostic.  Other specimens have been assigned to Chirostenotes over the years but not with a high level of certainty.  Before Anzu was described, many people were lumping it with Chirostenotes or Caenagnathus.  I asked Matt Lamanna about this back in 2007 when I was working on a presentation for the Carnegie Museum and he felt there were several reasons to believe it was a distinct taxon.

[verinnius]

A better article on the BBC:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26653799

[Iguanocolossus]

I've been waiting 5 years for this! I remember it as "the giant Chirostenotes at the Carnegie that Triebold found". Descended from Hagryphus, I suppose.

At the Carnegie Museum:

At the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center

At the Dinosaur Discovery Museum