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052--PSITTACOSAURUS MONGOLIENSIS

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project: DINOSAURIA
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PSITTACOSAURUS MONGOLIENSIS
"Mongolian Parrot Lizard"
Osborn, 1923
Length: 2m (6.5ft)
Weight: 27 kg (60 lbs)
Location: Ömnögovi, Mongolia
Era: Aptian age, lower Cretaceous (125 million years ago)

Classification:
Dinosauria
Ornithischia
Cerapoda
Marginocephalia
Ceratopsia
Psittacosauridae

Notes:
Psittacosaurus is seemingly one of the most successful dinosaurs ever, with a temporal range of nearly 30 million years with hundreds of known specimens assigned to nine valid species (a record among non-avian dinosaur genera). It is in fact so ubiquitous that it is sometimes used as an index fossil in Early Cretaceous central Asia deposits.

Synonyms:
Protiguanodon mongoliense Osborn, 1923
Psittacosaurus protiguanodonensis Young, 1958
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I think that the 12 species are different in head size and color.