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YUTYRANNUS
(you-ty-ran-nus)
meaning: "Feathered tyrant"
Yutyrannus
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 |
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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.

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