Psittacosaurus sibiricus Voronkevich and Averianov 2000 (ceratopsian)

Reptilia - Ornithischia

Alternative combination: Psittacosaurus sibericus

Belongs to Psittacosaurus according to P. C. Sereno 2010

See also Averianov et al. 2006, Butler and Sullivan 2009, Demidenko and Maschenko 2016, Han et al. 2012, Irmis and Knoll 2008, Leshchinskiy et al. 2000, Lopatin et al. 2015, Morschhauser et al. 2019, Sereno et al. 2010, Son et al. 2022 and You et al. 2008

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

Type specimen: PM TGU 16/4-20, a skeleton. Its type locality is Shestakovo-3, which is in a Barremian/Aptian fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/siltstone in the Ilek Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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