Species
Valid Extinct

Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis

Sereno and Chao 1988

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Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
2
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Neornithischia Unranked clade
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Pyrodontia Unranked clade
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Cerapoda Unranked clade
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Marginocephalia Unranked clade
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Ceratopsia Suborder
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Psittacosaurus Genus
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Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis Species
Fossil sites 2 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
2
Geological formations
Lianmuqin
1
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
2
Bibliography
Original description
P. C. Sereno and S. Chao. 1988. Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia), a new psittacosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of northwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):353-365 DOI ↗
Bibliography (2)
D. B. Brinkman, D. A. Eberth, and M. J. Ryan, P. Chen. 2001. The occurrence of Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis Sereno and Chow, 1988 in the Urho area, Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38:1781-1786 DOI ↗
P. C. Sereno and S. Chao. 1988. Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia), a new psittacosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of northwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):353-365 DOI ↗