CollectA 88354 - Psittacosaurus

11 x 5 cm

Name: Psittacosaurus (Parrot lizard).
Phonetic: Sit-tah-coe-sore-us (The ‘P’ is silent and is not pronounced).
Named By: Henry Fairfield Osborn - 1923.
Synonyms: Protiguanodon, Luanpingosaurus.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Ceratopsia, Psittacosauridae.
Species: P. mongoliensis (type), P. amitabha, P. gobiensis, P. lujiatunensis, P. major, P. mazongshanensis, P. meileyingensis, P. neimongoliensis, P. ordosensis, P. sibiricus, P. sinensis. P. xinjiangensis.
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: Up to about 2 meters long.
Known locations: China, Mongolia and Russia. Possibly also Thailand.
Time period: Barremian through to the Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Multiple individuals.