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Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus
- Pronunciation:
- SIT-ak-oh-sore-us
- Name meaning:
- 'parrot lizard'
- Type of dinosaur:
- ceratopsian
- Length:
- 2.0m
- Weight:
- 50kg
- Diet:
- herbivorous
- Teeth:
- beak
- Food:
- plant material
- How it moved:
- on 2 or 4 legs
- When it lived:
- Early Cretaceous, 120-100 million years ago
- Found in:
- China, Mongolia, Russia
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy:
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Neornithischia, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Psittacosauridae
- Named by:
- Osborn (1923)
- Type species:
- mongoliensis
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