Genus
Valid Extinct

Yinlong

Xu et al. 2006
Etymology Dragon caché.

Yinlong is a genus of basal ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period of China. By far the earliest known ceratopsian, it was a small, primarily bipedal herbivore.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
Yinlong
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Chaoyangsauridae Family
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Yinlong Genus
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
1
Geological formations
Shishugou
1
Temporal distribution
Oxfordian (161.5–154.8 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Yinlong downsi 162 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, C. A. Forster, and J. M. Clark, J. Mo. 2006. A basal ceratopsian with transitional features from the Late Jurassic of northwestern China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273:2135-2140 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Xu, C. A. Forster, and J. M. Clark, J. Mo. 2006. A basal ceratopsian with transitional features from the Late Jurassic of northwestern China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273:2135-2140 DOI ↗