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Dinosaur: Psittacosaurus mongoliensis
| Length*: | 1.85 m | 6.1 ft |
| Weight*: | 32 kg | 71 lb |
| Speed: | 10 km/h | 6 mph |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian-Albian
Years: 125.8–100.5 Ma
Details
Status: valid
Author: Osborn
Year: 1923
Distribution
Area: Asia
Country: Mongolia, China
Region: Övörkhangai, Bayankhongor, Dundgovi, Dornogovi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning
Formation: Öösh, Andakhuduk, Khooldzin Svita, Lisangou, Xinpongnaobao, Jiufotang, Unnamed
Locations
Sources
Material: Many individuals (at least several dozen)- include complete skeletons and skulls.
References: Sereno, Paul C. (2010). "Taxonomy, cranial morphology, and relationships of parrot-beaked dinosaurs (Ceratopsia:Psittacosaurus)".Osborn H. F., (1923). “Psittacosaurus and Protiguanodon: two Lower Cretaceous iguanodonts from Mongolia”.Erickson, G. M.; Tumanova, T. A. (2000). "Growth curve of Psittacosaurus mongoliensis Osborn (Ceratopsia: Psittacosauridae) inferred from long bone histology".
