Yutyrannus
Yutyrannus is a Tyrannosauroid dinosaur, an early forebear of Tyrannosaurus rex.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superfamily: | Tyrannosauroidea |
| Genus: | Yutyrannus Xu et al., 2012 |
| Species: | Y. huali
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| Yutyrannus huali Xu et al., 2012
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It lived during the Lower Cretaceous 124.6 million years ago (mya). It was about 10 meters long and 3 meters tall, and is the largest known dinosaur with direct evidence of feathers.[1][2][3][4] It is forty times heavier than the previous record holder, Beipiaosaurus.[5][6] The feathers were long, up to 20 centimetres (7.9 in), and filamentous.
The fossil was found in what is now northeastern China. Three fossils of Y. huali, were all found in the rock beds of Liaoning Province. Because of its size, it is certain that Yutyrannus could not fly. The feathers supported other functions, such as temperature regulation and visual signalling.
Yutyrannus is known from three nearly complete fossil specimens (an adult, a subadult and a juvenile). They were got from a fossil dealer who claimed all three were found in a single quarry at Batuyingzi in Liaoning Province. They were probably found in a layer of the Yixian Formation.
Yutyrannus Media
- Yutyrannus skeleton.jpg
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Size of three Yutyrannus specimens compared to a human
- Yutyrannus huali.png
Artist's restoration based on ELDM V1001
- Yutyrannus tail feathers.jpg
Tail fragment with feather traces
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Skull of the juvenile specimen ELDM V1001
- Dongbeititan and Yutyrannus.jpg
Illustration showing a pack of Yutyrannus hunting Dongbeititan
References
- ↑ Wilford, John N (4 April 2012). Bus-size dinosaurs, as fuzzy as chicks. https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/05/science/dinosaur-dig-in-china-turns-up-largest-known-feathered-animal.html.
- ↑ "New flying T-Rex discovered!?". SourceFed. YouTube. April 5, 2012. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ↑ "New dinosaur species is largest known feathered animal". Red Orbit. April 5, 2012. Archived from the original on March 27, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ↑ Ker Than (April 2012). "One-ton feathered dinosaur found: fluffy and fierce". National Geographic. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/04/120404-yutyrannus-feathers-dinosaur-science-nature-biggest/. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ Welsh, Jennifer (5 April 2012). Humongous fuzzy dinosaur unearthed in China. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2012/0405/Humongous-fuzzy-dinosaur-unearthed-in-China-video. Retrieved 5 April 2012.