Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Psittacosaurus Psittacosaurus mongoliensis Osborn 1923
/ˌsɪtəkəˈsɔːrəs/
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–110.1 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Countries
Mongolia, China
Regions
Ovorkhangai · Ovorhangai · Xinjiang · Liaoning
Formations
Öösh · Döshuul · Jiufotang · Dushihin
Dig sites
8
distinct collections
Overview
Psittacosaurus mongoliensis is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–110.1 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Ovorkhangai, Mongolia and elsewhere. It was named by Osborn 1923. The species is represented by 14 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~43%
well attested
Based on 14 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Psittacosaurus mongoliensis sits in deep time
Psittacosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Psittacosaurus mongoliensis'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.