Guanlong: quick facts

Guanlong was an early tyrannosauroid from the Late Jurassic of China, living tens of millions of years before giants like Tyrannosaurus. Its name, meaning 'crowned dragon', refers to the thin, delicat

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Reference background: Natural History Museum, London — Dinosaurs; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs; American Museum of Natural History — Dinosaurs & Fossils. Figures are typical published ranges; taxonomy follows the source era and modern consensus is noted where it differs. See our sources & fact-check policy.