Species
Valid Extinct

Psittacosaurus meileyingensis

Sereno et al. 1988

No Wikipedia summary available.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
3
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling Terrestrial
🦴
PBDB ↗
Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
›
Ornithischia Unranked clade
›
Neornithischia Unranked clade
›
Pyrodontia Unranked clade
›
Cerapoda Unranked clade
›
Marginocephalia Unranked clade
›
Ceratopsia Suborder
›
Psittacosaurus Genus
›
Psittacosaurus meileyingensis Species
Fossil sites 3 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇨🇳 China
3
Geological formations
Jiufotang
3
Temporal distribution
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
3
Bibliography
Original description
P. C. Sereno, S. Chao, and Z. Cheng, C. Rao. 1988. Psittacosaurus meileyingensis (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia), a new psittacosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):366-377 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
P. C. Sereno, S. Chao, and Z. Cheng, C. Rao. 1988. Psittacosaurus meileyingensis (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia), a new psittacosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):366-377 DOI ↗