- · Grid units represent actual meters (m); human and animals are drawn to the exact same scale with original silhouette aspect ratios preserved.
- · When a size range is recorded (e.g. 1–1.6m), the lower bound is used for scale comparison.
- · Yinlong silhouette: PhyloPic — Andrew A. Farke · CC BY 3.0
- · Human silhouette: PhyloPic — NASA · Public Domain Mark 1.0
Yinlong
Yinlong downsi (Yinlong · Yinlong)
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
- 💡 Its estimated body length of about 1.2 m (representative value for the genus) is roughly the height of a lower-grade elementary school child (Comparison).
- 💡 A length of 1.2 m is about 1/4 the length of a passenger car (about 4.5 m) (Comparison).
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
Yinlong downsi (genus Yinlong) was a small herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur that lived during the Jurassic.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
The Natural History Museum, London guide states only that it was a small ceratopsian with an estimated body length of about 1.2 m (representative value for the genus).
🔍 3. Fossil Record & Paleoecology
The guide notes only that it was herbivorous; no further details on its diet or lifestyle are included in the guide.
🇰🇷 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 — Q20719587
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:昌吉恐龙馆 当氏隐龙（Yinlong downsi）.jpg
- • nhm.ac.uk — yinlong.html
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Andrew A. Farke · CC BY 3.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.