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Life restorations are artistic reconstructions based on fossil evidence; true coloration and soft-tissue details remain uncertain.
Guanlong
Guanlong wucaii (Guanlong · Guanlong)
Known only from fossils. The IUCN Red List assesses only species extant since 1500 CE, so fossil taxa are not assigned a category.
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 An estimated body length of about 3 m (representative value for the genus) is about 2/3 of the length of a passenger car (about 4.5 m) (Comparison).
- 💡 The name of this dinosaur, which had an air-filled crest on its head, means "crowned dragon."
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
Guanlong wucaii (genus Guanlong) was a small carnivorous theropod that lived in China during the Late Jurassic and is known as the oldest dinosaur belonging to the same group as Tyrannosaurus (Tyrannosauroidea). Its name means "crowned dragon."
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
It had an air-filled crest on its head. Its body length is recorded as about 3 m.
🔍 3. Fossil Record & Paleoecology
It was a carnivorous dinosaur. This source provides no separate information on its diet or reproduction, and Xu and colleagues named it in 2006.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • Fossil taxon — the IUCN Red List assesses only species living or extinct since 1500
- • paleobiodb.org — basicTaxonInfo
- • wikidata.org — Q20718290
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Guanlong Mounted Skeleton.jpg
- • nhm.ac.uk — guanlong.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Tasman Dixon · CC0 1.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.