Xiongguanlong
Xiongguanlong is an extinct genus of tyrannosauroid theropod from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now China. The type and only species is X. baimoensis. The generic name comes from Jiayuguan City (formerly called "Xiong Guan" or "grand pass") and the Mandarin word "long" which means dragon. The specific epithet, "baimoensis" is a latinization of the Mandarin word for "white ghost" in reference to one of the geological features of the type locality (nicknamed the "White Ghost Castle").
| Xiongguanlong Temporal range: Early Cretaceous ~124 to 113 Ma - | |
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| Skeletal mount on display in China alongside a mount of Beishanlong | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Superfamily: | †Tyrannosauroidea |
| Clade: | †Pantyrannosauria |
| Genus: | †Xiongguanlong Li et al., 2009 |
| Type species | |
| †Xiongguanlong baimoensis Li et al., 2009 | |
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