Named By: | Xu Xing, Wang Kebai, Zhang Ke, Ma Qingju, Xing Lida, Corwin Sullivan, Hu Dongyu, Cheng Shuqing & Wang Shuo in 2012 |
Time Period: | Early Cretaceous, 124.6 Ma |
Location: | China, Liaoning Province - Yixian Formation |
Size: | Estimated at 9 meters long. Skull estimated around 905 millimetres long |
Diet: | Carnivore |
Fossil(s): | Remains of three individuals, including one adult and two juveniles |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Theropoda | Tyrannosauroidea | |
Yutyrannus (meaning "feathered tyrant") is a genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs 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 Y. huali--all found in the rock beds of Liaoning Province--are currently the largest known dinosaur specimens that preserve direct evidence of feathers.