Alternative combination: Psittacosaurus xingjiangensis
Full reference: P. C. Sereno and S. Chao. 1988. Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia), a new psittacosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of northwestern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):353-365
Belongs to Psittacosaurus according to P. C. Sereno 2010
See also Averianov et al. 2006, Brinkman et al. 2001, Dong 1992, Dong 1994, Dong 2001, Han et al. 2012, Hedrick et al. 2014, Leshchinskiy et al. 2000, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Podlesnov 2018, Sereno 1990, Sereno 1990, Sereno 1997, Sereno and Chao 1988, Sereno et al. 2007, Son et al. 2022, 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 neimongoliensis, Psittacosaurus ordosensis, Psittacosaurus sibiricus, Psittacosaurus sinensis
Type specimen: IVPP V7698, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Delunshan (IVPP), which is in a Valanginian/Albian terrestrial mudstone in 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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