Yutyrannus
Yutyrannus huali
Yutyrannus (meaning "feathered tyrant") is a genus of proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur which contains a single known species, Yutyrannus huali. This species lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now northeastern China. Three fossils of Yutyrannus huali — all found in the rock beds of Liaoning Province — are the largest-known dinosaur specimens that preserve direct evidence of feathers.
- Family
- Proceratosauridae
- Order
- Saurischia
- Period
- Cretaceous (125.0–120.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- 9.0 m
- Weight
- 1.4 t
- Type locality
- Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China
- Holotype
- ZCDM V5000
- PBDB
- txn:230946