--- description: It was 11.5-feet tall and weighed about 500 pounds, with the body of a raptor title: New Dino Nicknamed The “Chicken From Hell” Discovered image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt535c813db3d005e8/69868697810bbb5743c909c5/chicken-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Science](/section/science/) ## Science Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meet the 'Chicken From Hell'—Scientists Discover New Dino by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2014 2:19 PM CUT  Teh Neewly discovered Anzu Wyliei has many bird-like qualities, but is all dinosaur. Teh Neewly discovered Anzu Wyliei has many bird-like qualities, but is all dinosaur. by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 21, 2014 2:19 PM CUT What do you get when you cross a velociraptor and a chicken? Anzu Wyliei. The new dinosaur species was discovered by scientists at an excavation site in North Dakota. That, coupled with the bird-like qualities of the dino, has earned the newly discovered species the nickname “Chicken from Hell.” The results were published in the _Plos One Journal_ on Wednesday. Anzu Wyliei belongs to the Oviraptorosaurian, or dinosaurs with feathers, category with the Archaeopteryx. Like a bird, Anzu Wyliei has a crest, a beak ,and a bird-like skeleton, but rest assured, the “Chicken from Hell” is all dinosaur. Watch the video above for more. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/33355/meet-the-chicken-from-hell-scientists-discover-new-dino/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/33355/meet-the-chicken-from-hell-scientists-discover-new-dino/"},"headline":"Meet the 'Chicken From Hell'—Scientists Discover New Dino","datePublished":"2014-03-21T14:19:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:53:43.588Z","description":"It was 11.5-feet tall and weighed about 500 pounds, with the body of a raptor","url":"https://time.com/33355/meet-the-chicken-from-hell-scientists-discover-new-dino/","keywords":["Discovery"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt535c813db3d005e8/69868697810bbb5743c909c5/chicken-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Harry Swartout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/"}],"articleSection":"Science","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt535c813db3d005e8/69868697810bbb5743c909c5/chicken-1280x720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"\"Chicken from Hell\" Dinosaur Discovered","caption":"Teh Neewly discovered Anzu Wyliei has many bird-like qualities, but is all dinosaur.","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/science/","name":"Science"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/33355/meet-the-chicken-from-hell-scientists-discover-new-dino/","name":"Meet the 'Chicken From Hell'—Scientists Discover New Dino"}}]}] ```