Dilong paradoxus
Extinct species of dinosaur / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the feathered dinosaur. For other uses, see Dilong (disambiguation).
Dilong (帝龍, which means 'emperor dragon') is a genus of basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur.[1] The only species in this genus is Dilong paradoxus. It is from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation near Lujiatun, Beipiao, in the western Liaoning province of China. It lived about 126 million years ago.[2] This theropod discovery was significant as it was one of the first tyrannosauroids with fossil evidence of simple feathers.[3]
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Dilong paradoxus | |
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Skeleton cast mount at Milwaukee Public Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Clade: | Dinosauria |
Clade: | Saurischia |
Clade: | Theropoda |
Clade: | †Pantyrannosauria |
Genus: | †Dilong Xu et al., 2004 |
Species: | †D. paradoxus |
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†Dilong paradoxus Xu et al., 2004 | |
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