Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Psittacosaurus Psittacosaurus amitabha Napoli et al. 2019
/ˌsɪtəkəˈsɔːrəs/
Early Cretaceous (Barremian) · 132.6–121.4 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
Mongolia
Region
Ovorkhangai
Formation
Andaikhudag
Dig sites
1
distinct collections
Overview
Psittacosaurus amitabha is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 132.6–121.4 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Ovorkhangai, Mongolia. It was named by Napoli et al. 2019. The species is represented by 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~5%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 1 recorded occurrence in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Psittacosaurus amitabha sits in deep time
Psittacosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Psittacosaurus amitabha's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.