Name: Dilong‭ (‬Emperor dragon‭)‬. Chinese dilong or Japanese chiryū 地龍 is the name of a chess piece in shogi. This dinosaur was approximately 6 feet long, 2 feet high and weighed around 25 pounds. Phonetic: Die-long.

Dilong 地龍 "earth dragon" is the modern Chinese term for the Mesozoic crocodilian Geosaurus (from Greek "earth lizard"). He named it Dilong, a name which means “emperor dragon” An interesting fact about Dilong is that it has been found to be a tyrannosauroid, although it is a very small one. Contrast the feathered tyrannosaurid Dilong paradoxus that was named from Chinese dilong 帝龍 "emperor dragon". Dilong. In fact, it is the smallest tyrannosaur to have ever been discovered. Named By: Xu Xing et al‭ ‬-‭ ‬2004.