Alternative combination: Psittacosaurus neimengoliensis
Full reference: D. A. Russell and X.-J. Zhao. 1996. New psittacosaur occurrences in Inner Mongolia. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 33(4):637-648
Belongs to Psittacosaurus according to P. C. Sereno 2010
See also Averianov et al. 2006, Brinkman et al. 2001, Campione and Holmes 2006, Chen 2017, Hedrick et al. 2014, Leshchinskiy et al. 2000, Lockley et al. 2018, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Russell and Zhao 1996, Sereno 1997, Sereno et al. 2010, Tanoue et al. 2009, Xing et al. 2013, Xing et al. 2018, You and Dodson 2004, You et al. 2008 and Zhou et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Psittacosaurus amitabha, Psittacosaurus gobiensis, Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis, Psittacosaurus mazongshanensis, Psittacosaurus meileyingensis, Psittacosaurus mongoliensis, Psittacosaurus ordosensis, Psittacosaurus sibiricus, Psittacosaurus sinensis, Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis
Type specimen: IVPP 12-0888-2, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Yangpo, Ordos (SCDP), which is in a Valanginian/Albian terrestrial siltstone/sandstone in the Ejinhoro Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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