Psittacosaurus amitabha Napoli et al. 2019 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Full reference: J. G. Napoli, T. Hunt, G. M. Erickson and M. A. Norell. 2019. Psittacosaurus amitabha, a new species of ceratopsian dinosaur from the Ondai Sayr Locality, Central Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 3932:1-36

Belongs to Psittacosaurus according to J. G. Napoli et al. 2019

See also Son et al. 2022

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

Type specimen: IGM 100/1132, a partial skeleton (a nearly complete, undistorted skull with an associated partial mandible and fragmentary postcranial elements). Its type locality is Mt. Uskuk, Ondai Sair (AMNH 25955), which is in a Hauterivian/Barremian fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Andaikhudag Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mt. Uskuk, Ondai Sair (AMNH 25955)

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