Dinosauria›Ornithischia›Ceratopsia›Chaoyangsauridae
Silhouette of Yinlong downsi

Yinlong Yinlong downsi Xu et al. 2006

/jˈɪnlɔŋ/ estimated
Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) · 161.5–154.8 Mya

Key Statistics

Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling

Where It Was Found

Country
China
Region
Xinjiang
Formation
Shishugou
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Recorded finds in China. Present-day positions: the continents have moved since.

Overview

Yinlong downsi is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Late Jurassic, roughly 161.5–154.8 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Xinjiang, China. It was named by Xu et al. 2006. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Fossil Record Completeness

How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record

~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.

Geologic Time

Where Yinlong downsi sits in deep time

TRIASSIC
JURASSIC
CRETACEOUS
Yinlong
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya

Relationships

Part of a wider fossil web

These species share Yinlong downsi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.

predator–prey
Limusaurus
Limusaurus inextricabilis
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predator–prey
Shishugounykus
Shishugounykus inexpectus
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predator–prey
Haplocheirus
Haplocheirus sollers
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coexisted–with
Gongbusaurus
Gongbusaurus wucaiwanensis
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coexisted–with
Shunosaurus
Shunosaurus lii
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same–clade
Hualianceratops
Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis
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