LegendaryYutyrannus
Yutyrannus huali
yoo-tih-RAN-us· “feathered tyrant”
🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Proceratosauridae
9 m
Length
2.8 m
Height
1.4 t
Weight
A large tyrannosaur relative covered in shaggy feathers — the biggest feathered dinosaur ever found. It proved that even giant meat-eaters could be fuzzy.
When
Early Cretaceous, ~125 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Xu Xing, 2012
Did you know?
- It is the largest dinosaur ever found with direct evidence of feathers.
- Its body was covered in long, hair-like filament feathers.
- It showed that big tyrannosaur relatives could be fluffy, not scaly.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.