Yinlong Yinlong
"hidden dragon"
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Yinlong 1.2 m (3.9 ft) long
2 people holding hands
- Length
- 1.2 m (3.9 ft)
- Period
- Late Jurassic (158 Mya)
- Place
- China
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Chaoyangsauridae
Yinlong (, meaning “hidden dragon”) 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.
What we know
- Named by Xu et al., 2006.
- Body length estimated at about 1.2 m.
- Fossils found in China.