Guanlong

"I liked you better when you were extinct!"

―Manny on the Guanlong.

Guanlong
Physical Attributes Kingdom Reptilia Species Dinosaur Eye Color Varying Skin Color Varying Diet Carnivore

Guanlong was a species of carnivorous dinosaur.

Biology

Small in size, Guanlong were pack hunters that worked together to bring down larger animals. Fitted with sharp teeth and claws, a small crest, a number of rattling quills atop the head and along the spine, powerful tail and speed, Guanlong proved a formidable predator towards other dinosaurs or creatures they encountered.

History

A number of Guanlong had survived the comet showers that had long since wiped out the dinosaurs as a whole, escaping to a vast subterranean world where dinosaurs of all kinds lived as they had in the past.

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

One such pack of Guanlong resided in the Plates of Woe, a rock formation within the Dinosaur World, where they found a herd of mammals consisting of a pair of mammoths, a pair of possums, a Saber-Tooth Tiger and a weasel that guided them. One of the mammoths, a female named Ellie, was pregnant and went into labor upon entering the Plates: the Guanlong went on the hunt to find Ellie. They were prevented from making a meal of her by the joint efforts of Manny and Diego.

Appearances

• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs(First appearance)
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (video game)

• Ice Age Village

Concept art of Guanlong

Guanlong snarlinng

Guanlong about to attack

Trivia

• The Guanlong in the film took the role of the Velociraptors from Jurassic Park.
  • Coincidentally, both theropods were found in China and were covered in feathers, although the Guanlongs in the film were depicted having only proto-feathers.
• Although it was said to have survived the K-T extinction by going underground, Guanlong became extinct 100 million years before the K-T extinction.
  • However, it's possible that guanlong ventured into the cavern and settled in for 100 million years until other dinosaurs arrived.
• In the concept art for film, it's depicted of having a sickle shaped toeclaw like Velociraptor, something it didn't have in real life.
• It's name comes from the Mandarin Chinese 冠龍(guān lóng), meaning "crowned dragon."
• Guanlong was a proceratosaur, a group of theropods that were the ancestors of tyrannosaurs, including T. rex.