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Psittacosaurus

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: t-din03-15202

Image Size 300 DPI: 33 * 25 cm

A Jurassic Psittacosaurus prepares to dine on a scrubland cycad 130 million years ago in what is today central Asia. Psittacosaurus was one of the earliest known ceratopsians, a family of horned, frilled dinosaurs that includes the better known Triceratops. Psittacosaurus was about 3 to 6 feet long and weighed 50 to 175 pounds, depending on species. At least one species had long, quill-like structures on its tail and lower back. With a parrot-like beak it is believed that Psittacosaurus was a plant-eater.

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2011 - ANIMAL - CRETACEOUS - DINOSAUR - EARTH - FAUNA - FLORA - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - MESOZOIC - ORNITHISCHIA - PSITTACOSAURUS -