Species
Valid Extinct

Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis

Zhou et al. 2006

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
5
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 lujiatunensis Species
Fossil sites 5 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
5
Geological formations
Yixian
5
Temporal distribution
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
5
Synonyms (2)
Psittacosaurus houi subjective synonym of Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis
Psittacosaurus major subjective synonym of Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis
Bibliography
Original description
C.-F. Zhou, K.-Q. Gao, and R. C. Fox, S.-H. Chen. 2006. A new species of Psittacosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China. Palaeoworld 15(1):100-114 DOI ↗
Bibliography (5)
H.-L. You, K. Tanoue, and P. Dodson. 2008. New data on cranial anatomy of the ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus major. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 53(2):183-196 DOI ↗
P. C. Sereno, X. Zhao, and L. Brown, L. Tan. 2007. New psittacosaurid highlights skull enlargement in horned dinosaurs. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 52(2):275-284
Q. Zhao, P. M. Barrett, and D. A. Eberth. 2007. Social behaviour and mass mortality in the basal ceratopsian dinosaur Psittacosaurus (Early Cretaceous, People's Republic of China). Palaeontology 50(5):1023-1029 DOI ↗
C.-F. Zhou, K.-Q. Gao, and R. C. Fox, S.-H. Chen. 2006. A new species of Psittacosaurus (Dinosauria: Ceratopsia) from the Early Cretaceous Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China. Palaeoworld 15(1):100-114 DOI ↗
H. You, X. Xu, and X. Wang. 2003. A new genus of Psittacosauridae (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) and the origin and early evolution of marginocephalian dinosaurs. Acta Geologica Sinica 77(1):15-20