Dinosaur
Yutyrannus
It is one of the largest dinosaurs with direct evidence of feathers.
Yutyrannus shows that feathers were not unique to small dinosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Yutyrannus at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Proceratosauridae
- Proceratosaurids
- Fossil locations
- Liaoning
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Yutyrannus
Three specimens found in Liaoning, China, preserve direct evidence of plumage. Thanks to them it is known that there were also large tyrannosauroids with this body coverage. It is not just about imagining it because it is similar to other animals.
The discovery expands the image of a family that many people associate with large, bare-skinned predators. In a reconstruction of Yutyrannus, the feathers are an essential part of what the fossils tell, and not an ornament added by the artist.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
The discovery expands the image of a family that many people associate with large, bare-skinned predators. In a reconstruction of Yutyrannus, the feathers are an essential part of what the fossils tell, and not an ornament added by the artist.
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- Yutyrannus huali
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- Yutyrannus
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- Proceratosauridae
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- Living birds
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