Yutyrannus

Yutyrannus
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, ~125 Ma
Restored skeletons mounted in fighting poses
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Yutyrannus huali
Xu et al., 2012

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]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference yutyrannus was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Wilford, John N (4 April 2012). "Bus-Size Dinosaurs, as Fuzzy as Chicks". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2017.