Psittacosaurus gobiensis Sereno et al. 2010 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: P. C. Sereno, X. Zhao, and L. Tan. 2010. A new psittacosaur from Inner Mongolia and the parrot-like structure and function of the psittacosaur skull. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 277(1679):199-209

Belongs to Psittacosaurus according to P. C. Sereno et al. 2010

See also Hedrick et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Psittacosaurus amitabha, Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis, Psittacosaurus mazongshanensis, Psittacosaurus meileyingensis, Psittacosaurus mongoliensis, Psittacosaurus neimongoliensis, Psittacosaurus ordosensis, Psittacosaurus sibiricus, Psittacosaurus sinensis, Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis

Type specimen: LH PV2, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is southwest of Suhongtu, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Bayangobi Formation of China.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at southwest of Suhongtu

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