Psittacosaurus was an extinct small herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Asia. It existed between 123.2 and 100 million years ago. It was named by Henry Fairfield Osborn after the Latin word for parrot, Psittacus, as it had a parrot-like beak. And it was the earliest known ceratopsian. It probably ate plants such as cycads and other prehistoric plants with its hard hooked beak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psittacosaurus belonged to the Asian family Psittacosauridae, several species of which lived during the Early Cretaceous. It lived in Mongolia and China. This small animal did not look much like its later relatives, had short arms and long hands for grasping, and walked bipedally. It had a small head without a neck or horns with a high palate, flared cheekbones and a deep face with a parrot beak. Psittacosaurus had a small ridge on the back of its skull. It had no defense mechanism, but probably escaped from predators by running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psittacosaurus was the size of a large dog; it was about 2 meters long. This dinosaur skull was tall and narrow and was characterized by a small bone forming the upper beak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Psittacosaurus was one of the best known dinosaur genera and was closer to Triceratops than to Yinlong. It reproduced by laying eggs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Definitely! Psittacosaurus was a small extinct herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Asia. It probably ate plants such as cycads and other prehistoric plants with its hard hooked beak.
Definitely! Psittacosaurs belonged to the ceratopsian dinosaurs and probably traveled in herds.
Psittacosaurus belonged to the Asian family Psittacosauridae, several species of which lived during the Early Cretaceous, and was found in Mongolia and China.
Psittacosaurus was an extinct small herbivorous ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Asia. It was named by Henry Fairfield Osborn after the Latin word for parrot, Psittacus, as it had a parrot-like beak.