Guanlong Xu et al. 2006 (coelurosaur)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Proceratosauridae

Full reference: X. Xu, J. M. Clark, C. A. Forster, M. A. Norell, G. M. Erickson, D. A. Eberth, C. Jai and Q. Zhao. 2006. A basal tyrannosauroid dinosaur from the Late Jurassic of China. Nature 439:715-718

Parent taxon: Proceratosauridae according to T. D. Carr et al. 2017

See also Benson and Barrett 2009, Benson et al. 2010, Carr et al. 2011, Claessens and Loewen 2016, Li et al. 2009, Lü et al. 2014, Rauhut et al. 2010 and Xu et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Kileskus, Proceratosaurus, Sinotyrannus, Yutyrannus

Subtaxa: Guanlong wucaii

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at TBB2002, Wucaiwan (Jurassic of China)

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