Dinosaur
Xiongguanlong
Its elongated head brings together clues from different stages of tyrannosauroid evolution.
Its elongated head brings together clues from different stages of tyrannosauroid evolution. It had a long snout, meat-eating teeth and a body supported on its hind legs. Its anatomy combines early tyrannosauroid features with others more like those of later members of the group.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Xiongguanlong at a glance
- Diet
- Carnivore
- It fed on other animals.
- When it lived
- Cretaceous
- Group
- Tyrannosauroidea
- Tyrannosauroids
- Fossil locations
- Gansu
- Places where fossils have been found
Beyond the game
The real Xiongguanlong
The remains were found in Gansu, China. The skull and body bones offer a chance to compare different parts of one animal, rather than relying only on isolated teeth.
Evolution is not a ladder where each species turns directly into the next. Xiongguanlong helps reveal one branch of that tree and combinations of features that existed before the large, familiar tyrannosaurids.
Evolution is not a ladder where each species turns directly into the next. Xiongguanlong helps reveal one branch of that tree and combinations of features that existed before the large, familiar tyrannosaurids.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
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