Yinlong
Field photograph to come
Yinlong
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- Lived
- 162 to 155 million years ago, Late Jurassic
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 1.2 m (4 ft)
- Group
- Ceratopsians, Chaoyangsauridae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Xu et al. 2006
Field notes
About Yinlong
Yinlong was a plant-eating ceratopsian that lived in the Late Jurassic, 162 to 155 million years ago. It belongs to the family Chaoyangsauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Yinlong, from China. Its fossils come from the Shishugou Formation. It was named by Xu et al. in 2006.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
160 million years ago
To scale
How big was Yinlong?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Chaoyangsauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: X. Xu, C. A. Forster, and J. M. Clark, J. Mo. 2006. A basal ceratopsian with transitional features from the Late Jurassic of northwestern China. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 273:2135-2140