Dinosaur
Guanlong
A large crest on its head distinguished it from many later tyrannosauroids.
Guanlong’s large crest reveals an unfamiliar look among early relatives of the tyrannosaurs.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Guanlong at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It is interpreted as a consumer of other animals. Hunting and scavenging are not mutually exclusive behaviors.
- When it lived
- Jurassic
- Group
- Proceratosauridae
- Proceratosaurids
- Fossil locations
- China
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Guanlong
A partially preserved adult and an almost complete juvenile have been identified. Its description in 2006 helped document an early phase of tyrannosauroid evolution.
A large crest on its head distinguished it from many later tyrannosauroids. An adult and a juvenile provide complementary information. Comparing them allows us to distinguish growth traits and helps reconstruct this early stage without assuming that they all looked like Tyrannosaurus.
This grouping describes evolutionary relationships. Its members share ancestors; they do not form a chain in which one must turn into another.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: linked collections and publications.A note on the science
A large crest on its head distinguished it from many later tyrannosauroids. An adult and a juvenile provide complementary information. Comparing them allows us to distinguish growth traits and helps reconstruct this early stage without assuming that they all looked like Tyrannosaurus.
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- Guanlong wucaii
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- Guanlong
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- Proceratosauridae
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- Living birds
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