Very HardGuanlong
Guanlong wucaii
GWAN-long· “crown dragon”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Jurassic🥩 carnivore🦴 Proceratosauridae
3 m
Length
1.1 m
Height
125 kg
Weight
An early, small-bodied tyrannosauroid from the Late Jurassic of China — one of the oldest known relatives of Tyrannosaurus. It carried a tall, thin, ornamental crest along the top of its snout.
When
Late Jurassic, ~160 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Xu Xing, 2006
Did you know?
- An early cousin of T. rex that lived roughly 90 million years before it.
- Bore a tall but fragile head crest, almost certainly for display.
- Its name means 'crown dragon', after that distinctive crest.
Artwork: Conty, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.