Psittacosaurus
genus · Osborn 1923 · accepted · extinct
9 descendant taxa · 70 fossil sites · 22 formations · 4 countries
Lived when
Jurassic – Paleogene
161.5–66 million years ago
Found where
4 countries
22 rock formations
Fossil record
70 sites
30 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 96 million years, from 161.5 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Psittacosaurus was named in 1923 (Osborn 1923) — 103 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 4 countries and 22 named rock formations.
- 30 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
- This group contains 9 named taxa, including 9 species.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).