Genus
Valid Extinct

Guanlong

Xu et al. 2006
Etymology Dragon couronné (du chinois ''Guan'', couronne et ''long'', dragon).

Guanlong is an extinct genus of proceratosaurid tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) Shishugou Formation of China. It was first described in 2006 by Xu Xing and colleagues, who found it to represent a new taxon related to Tyrannosaurus. Two individuals are currently known, consisting of a partially complete adult and a nearly complete juvenile.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
Guanlong
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Skeletal mount of Guanlong wucaii on display at the Baoding Natural History Museum. © Jonathan Chen · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Tyrannosauroidea Superfamily
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Proceratosauridae Family
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Guanlong 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)
Guanlong wucaii 162 Ma
Images 3
Bibliography
Original description
X. Xu, J. M. Clark, and C. A. Forster, M. A. Norell, G. M. Erickson, D. A. Eberth, C. Jai, Q. Zhao. 2006. A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China. Nature 439:715-718 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
X. Xu, J. M. Clark, and C. A. Forster, M. A. Norell, G. M. Erickson, D. A. Eberth, C. Jai, Q. Zhao. 2006. A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China. Nature 439:715-718 DOI ↗