Full reference: P. C. Sereno, S. Chao, Z. Cheng and C. Rao. 1988. Psittacosaurus meileyingensis (Ornithischia: Ceratopsia), a new psittacosaur from the Lower Cretaceous of northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8(4):366-377
Belongs to Psittacosaurus according to P. C. Sereno 2010
See also Averianov et al. 2006, Brinkman et al. 2001, Dong 1992, Dong 1994, Hedrick et al. 2014, Le Loeuff 1997, Leshchinskiy et al. 2000, Matsukawa and Obata 1994, Ruiz-Omeñaca and Canudo 2003, Sereno 1990, Sereno 1990, Sereno 1997, Sereno 2000, Sereno et al. 1988, Sereno et al. 2007, Sereno et al. 2010, Wang et al. 1999, You and Dodson 2004, You et al. 2008 and Zhou et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Psittacosaurus amitabha, Psittacosaurus gobiensis, Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis, Psittacosaurus mazongshanensis, Psittacosaurus mongoliensis, Psittacosaurus neimongoliensis, Psittacosaurus ordosensis, Psittacosaurus sibiricus, Psittacosaurus sinensis, Psittacosaurus xinjiangensis
Type specimen: IVPP V7705, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is Meileyingzi, which is in an Aptian terrestrial horizon in the Jiufotang Formation of China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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