Dinosaurs · Small theropod

Guanlong

Say it gwan-long. The name means ‘crowned dragon’.

Guanlong beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of small theropods
Length
3 m
Diet
Meat-eater
When
Late Jurassic159 to 154 million years ago
Fossils found in
China
Named by
Xu, Clark, Forster, Norell, Erickson, Eberth, Jia and Zhao (2006)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Tyrannosauroidea
TriassicJurassicCretaceousGuanlong252 Ma66 Ma
Where Guanlong sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Small theropods. Small two-legged dinosaurs, many feathered, the group that includes birds. See all 60

Lived at the same time

Other small theropods

Source: Guanlong in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.