Yutyrannus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, ~
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Restored skeletons mounted in fighting poses | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Superfamily: | †Tyrannosauroidea |
Family: | †Proceratosauridae |
Genus: | †Yutyrannus Xu et al., 2012 |
Species: | †Y. huali
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Binomial name | |
†Yutyrannus huali Xu et al., 2012
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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.[1] 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.[2]
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