Dinosauria›Ornithischia
Psittacosaurus Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis Sereno and Chao 1988
/ˌsɪtəkəˈsɔːrəs/
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 137.1–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Xinjiang
Formation
Lianmuqin
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis is a ceratopsian dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 137.1–100.5 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling. Fossils have been recovered from Xinjiang, China. It was named by Sereno and Chao 1988. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis sits in deep time
Psittacosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis'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.