LegendaryYinlong
Yinlong downsi
YIN-long· “hidden dragon”
🦕 Dinosaur🕰️ Jurassic🌿 herbivore🦴 Ceratopsia
1.2 m
Length
0.6 m
Height
15 kg
Weight
The earliest and most primitive known horned dinosaur — a small, two-legged plant-eater from Late Jurassic China. Long before Triceratops, it shows how the ceratopsian lineage began.
When
Late Jurassic, ~161–156 million years ago
Found in
China
Discovered
Xu Xing, 2006
Did you know?
- The oldest and most primitive known ceratopsian (horned dinosaur).
- Small and two-legged, with only the first hints of a frill.
- Its name 'hidden dragon' nods to the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Artwork: Nobu Tamura, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.