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Psittacosaurus
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- Pronounced
- SIT-ak-oh-sore-us
- Meaning of name
- parrot lizard
- Length
- 2m
- Height
- 1m
- Weight
- 50kg
- Teeth
- beak
- Diet
- herbivorous
- Food
- plant material
- How it moved
- on 2 or 4 legs
- When it lived
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Early Cretaceous
(120 - 100 million years ago) - Found in
- Peoples Republic of China, Mongolia, Russia
Taxonomic details
- Taxonomy
- Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Genasauria, Cerapoda, Marginocephalia, Ceratopsia, Psittacosauridae, Psittacosaurus
- Named by
- Osborn (1923)
- Type species
- mongoliensis
