Yutyrannus huali

Reconstruction of how Yutyrannus could´ve potencialy looked like in real life

Yutyrannus(meaning feathered tyrant) was a dinosaur belong to the family known as proceratosauridae. Now lets begin with dinosaur history class, with Yutyrannus his history is a little strange because It is not known when the three fossils were found due to them being acquired from a fossil dealer. But the fossil dealer did say that all three of the fossilized remains were found at a single quarry in Batu Yingzi in the Liaoning province in China. Which means that they were probably found somewhere in the Yixian formation.

Close up on the snout of one of the Yutyrannus fossils

Now that we´ve finished history class we can talk about its looks. The Yutyrannus was an interesting creature because for one thing its body was completely covered in feathers, and it needed to be cause the climate in the place that it lived in the time had an average temperature of about 10 degrees celsius or 50 degrees fahrenheit. And also it was a primitive tyrannosaur which meant it had longer arms with three clawed fingers.

Illustration showing three Yutyrannus hunting a Dongbeititan

And its head had a high midline crest running along the snout and two horns above and in front of the eyes. And that would be all their is to talk about on its appearence so now lets finish it off with the general stats of this feathered tyrant:

Length:7.5-9 meters

Height:2.8-2.9 meters

Weight:1.1-1.4 tons