Yinlong
Yinlong downsi
Yinlong (simplified Chinese: 隐龙; traditional Chinese: 隱龍; pinyin: yǐn lóng, meaning "hidden dragon") is a genus of basal ceratopsian dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Period of China. By far the earliest known ceratopsian, it was a small, primarily bipedal herbivore.
- Family
- Chaoyangsauridae
- Order
- Ornithischia
- Period
- Jurassic (161.0–155.0 Ma)
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- 1.2 m
- Weight
- 15 kg
- Type locality
- Shishugou Formation, Xinjiang, China
- Holotype
- IVPP V14530
- PBDB
- txn:90117