Dinosauria › Ornithischia
Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus sinensis Young 1958
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 121.4–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Psittacosaurus sinensis is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 121.4–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It was named by Young 1958. The species is represented by 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~11%
fragmentary record
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 3 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Psittacosaurus sits in deep time
Psittacosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Psittacosaurus's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.