Yutyrannus huali

† Yutyrannus huali is an Early Cretaceous tyrannosauroid from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. At 9 meters long, it is the largest known feathered animal, bearing filamentous feathers across much of its body, indicating feathers in large-bodied tyrannosauroids.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Yutyrannus huali was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Yutyrannus huali lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145,0 to 100,5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.