Yutyrannus
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 currently the largest-known carnivorous dinosaur specimens that preserve direct evidence of feathers.
| Yutyrannus Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, ~ | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Binomial name | |
| †Yutyrannus huali Xu et al., 2012 | |
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