Sapient Yutyrannus

Yutyrannus (meaning "feathered tyrant") is a genus of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs which contains a single known species, Yutyrannus huali, named and described in 2012. This species lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now northeastern China. [1]

The generic name is derived from Mandarin Chinese yu, “feather” and Latinised Greek τύραννος, tyrannos, “tyrant”, a reference to the fact it is a feathered member of the Tyrannosauroidea. The specific name consists of the Mandarin huáli, “beautiful”, in reference to the beauty of the plumage. As of 2017, it is the largest known non-avian dinosaur that has direct evidence that it had feathers. [2]