Psittacosaurus

parrot lizard

• psittakos · Greek · parrot
• sauros · Greek · lizard

The name means "parrot lizard". It was chosen because the skull has a short, deep, toothless beak that resembles the beak of a parrot.

Named by

Osborn

Year named

1923

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stages

Barremian – Albian

Found in

Mongolia, China, Russia (Siberia) and possibly Thailand

A small, bipedal early ceratopsian. It is one of the best-known dinosaur genera, with many specimens and several species, including the type species P. mongoliensis.