Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Yutyrannus

Say it YOO-tie-ran-us. The name means ‘feathered tyrant’.

Yutyrannus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 7.5 m
Weight: 1.1 tonnes
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Early Cretaceousabout 125 million years ago
Fossils found in: China
Named by: Xu and colleagues (2012)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Tyrannosauroidea

Where Yutyrannus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Beipiaosaurus · same country
Caudipteryx · same country
Confuciusornis · same country
Equijubus · same country
Jinzhousaurus · same country
Liaoceratops · same country
Sinocalliopteryx · same country
Sinosauropteryx · same country

Other large theropods

Baryonyx Early Cretaceous
Eotyrannus Early Cretaceous
Neovenator Early Cretaceous
Fukuiraptor Early Cretaceous
Suchomimus Early Cretaceous
Concavenator Early Cretaceous
Afrovenator Early Cretaceous
Acrocanthosaurus Early Cretaceous

Source: Yutyrannus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.