Yinlong

Yinlong
Temporal range: Late Jurassic, 158 Ma
Fossil skull
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Ornithischia
Clade: Neornithischia
Clade: Ceratopsia
Family: Chaoyangsauridae
Genus: Yinlong
Xu et al., 2006
Species:
Y. downsi
Binomial name
Yinlong downsi
Xu et al., 2006

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 central Asia. By far the earliest known ceratopsian, it was a small, primarily bipedal herbivore.[1][2]

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