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YutyrannusAI image
AI imageCreated with GPT Image 2 by OpenAI on Oct 31, 2026

Match with prompt

80% (8/10 items)

Where the image differs from the prompt

  • Hands dangle with claws pointing downShould be: Palms facing each other, not turned down or dangling
  • มีเพียงปุ่มเล็กบนหัวหลังตา ไม่ใช่หงอนสูงตามแนวจมูกShould be: Tall, thin bony crest along the middle of the snout
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  • ✓Bipedal, back horizontal, tail held straight out off the ground
  • ✓Mouth closed, lips covering the teeth so none are visible
  • ✕Palms facing each other, not turned down or danglingHands dangle with claws pointing down
  • ✓Three weight-bearing toes on each foot
  • ✓Whole body covered in long, shaggy, hair-like feathers
  • ✕Tall, thin bony crest along the middle of the snoutมีเพียงปุ่มเล็กบนหัวหลังตา ไม่ใช่หงอนสูงตามแนวจมูก
  • ✓Large predator about 9–10 m long, long arms with three clawed fingers
  • ✓Whole animal visible in side view
  • ✓Scene matches the period and the fossil site
  • ✓No text, people or modern objects

Checked by Claude Opus 5.5 (checked item by item from the image) on Oct 31, 2026. The score is the share of checklist items the image gets right; it is not an expert scientific review.

Prompt used to create the image

Scientifically accurate paleoart of Yutyrannus, a carnivore Proceratosauridae dinosaur from Barremian–Aptian times (125.77–119.57 million years ago). Bipedal with the back held roughly horizontal and the tail held straight out behind for balance, never dragging on the ground. NOT standing upright like a kangaroo. Mouth closed with all teeth fully hidden behind scaly lips, like a monitor lizard. NO visible teeth. The whole body covered in long, shaggy, hair-like filament feathers. A tall, thin bony crest along the midline of the top of the snout. Reference: Yutyrannus is a genus of proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur which contains a single known species, Yutyrannus huali. This species lived during the early Cretaceous period in what is now northeastern China. Three fossils of Yutyrannus huali — all found in the rock beds of Liaoning Province — are the largest-known dinosaur specimens that preserve direct evidence of feathers. Anatomy: hands held with palms facing each other (not pronated, not palms-down, not dangling); three main weight-bearing toes on each foot; a large predator about 9–10 meters long with long arms ending in three clawed fingers. Full body in side view, whole animal visible, standing in a cool, temperate Early Cretaceous forest by a lake, like the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China, with conifers, ginkgoes and ferns, no grass. Natural history museum illustration style, realistic textures and natural daylight, muted natural colors. No text, no labels, no humans, no modern objects.

Facts in the prompt come from Wikipedia (en) and Paleobiology Database

Yutyrannus

Name meaning: From Mandarin and Latin, meaning "feathered tyrant".

Carnivore

📏 About 7.5 m long and around 1.4 tonnes.

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Yutyrannus was an early tyrannosaur from Liaoning, China, in the Early Cretaceous. Its fossils show long filament-like feathers over the body.

Fun facts

  • Yutyrannus is the largest animal with direct evidence of feathers; some filaments were about 20 cm long.
  • The find led scientists to think other large tyrannosaurs may also have had some feathers.

Who lived alongside it

Dinosaurs found in the same rock formation as Yutyrannus (Yixian), so they lived in the same region at roughly the same time.

Formation data from the Paleobiology Database, counting only each genus's main formations. One formation can span hundreds of thousands to millions of years, so this doesn't mean any two of them ever met.

Scientific details

Classification
Theropod (two-legged predators)
Family
Proceratosauridae
When it lived
119.57–125.77 million years ago
Geologic stages
Barremian – Aptian
Named by
Xu et al., 2012
Fossil occurrences
1 sites

Countries with fossils

  • China

Data from Paleobiology Database and Wikidata