Size comparison between the tyrannossuroid <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur" class="mw-redirect" title="Dinosaur">dinosaur</a> <i><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dilong" title="Dilong">Dilong</a> paradoxus</i> and a <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Human" class="mw-redirect" title="Human">human</a>. <b>1.</b> Size of the <i>D. paradous</i> holotype (IVPP V14243). Fusion of skeletal bones are evident in this IVPP V14243, leading to the conclusion that it "is not an adult but may approach the maturity".<sup id="cite_ref-Xu_et.al.2004_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xu_et.al.2004-1">[1]</a></sup>. <b>2.</b> <i>hypothetic size</i> of an adult: in addition to the subadult <i>Dilong</i> holotype (IVPP V14243), an additional specimen (IVPP V11579) are also known. IVPP V11579 are subequal in size to the holotype, but are of "an earlier ontogenetic stage". Though IVPP V11579 were referred to <i>D. paradoxus</i>, it was suggested that it might turn out to be "a second, closely related species of <i>Dilong</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Xu_et.al.2004_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xu_et.al.2004-1">[1]</a></sup><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span></h2>
<ul><li>References to <i>Dilong's</i> skeleton can be seen at <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.amnh.org/science/papers/images/dilong4.jpg">[1]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/6429/dilongplumesaa5.jpg">[2]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dinoweb.narod.ru/dilong2.gif">[3]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.dinocasts.com/prod_productDetails.asp?ProductId=732">[4]</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://oficina.cienciaviva.pt/~pw011/jazidas/mei.long.fig.2.coppy.jpg">[5]</a>.</li></ul><ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-Xu_et.al.2004-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <a href="#cite_ref-Xu_et.al.2004_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Xu_et.al.2004_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Xu X., Norell M.A. &amp; Wang X. (2004). "Basal tyrannosauroids from China and evidence for protofeathers in tyrannosauroids". <i>Nature</i> <i>431</i>(7009): p. 680-684. DOI: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8246151_Basal_tyrannosauroids_from_China_and_evidence_for_protofeathers_in_tyrannosauroids">10.1038/nature02855</a> (with supplementary material)</span>
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