Guanlong
Guanlong
- Pronunciation:
- gwan-long
- Name meaning:
- 'crowned dragon'
© J.Parish
- Type of dinosaur:
- small theropod
- Length:
- 3.0m
- Diet:
- carnivorous
- When it lived:
- Late Jurassic, 159-154 million years ago
- Found in:
- China
Guanlong had an air-filled crest on its head. It is the earliest known tyrannosauroid (Tyrannosaurus-like) dinosaur.
© Andrey Atuchin
© J.Parish
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Tyrannosauroidea
- Named by:
- Xu, Clark, Forster, Norell, Erickson, Eberth, Jia and Zhao (2006)
- Type species:
- wucaii
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