Chinese Psittacosaurus Scientific name: Psittacosaurus sinensis
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Psittacosaurus sinensis was a small herbivorous dinosaur that lived approximately 126-101 million years ago. It is one of the earliest known ceratopsian dinosaurs. It is named after Psittacus, the Latin word for parrot, because it has a parrot-like beak.
Feeding and diet
Psittacosaurus sinensis is a herbivore with:
A curved, parrot-like beak helps it pry open fleshy cones and seeds
The forelimbs are shorter and used for grasping leaves.
evolutionary relationship
Psittacosaurus sinensis is a primitive horned dinosaur or ceratopsian. It belongs to the family Psittacosaurus, several species of which lived during the early Cretaceous period.
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