Psittacosaurus
Psittacosaurus was a small, fast dinosaur that looked a bit like a parrot. It had a strong beak for snipping plants and lived in Asia during the Early Cretaceous. Some fossils even show long bristles on its tail!1
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Yanganaga ite?
Yari ndende ite?
Ubutumburuke bwayo bwanganaga iki?
Yari iremereye ite?
ndende nk'imbwa 2,5 zikurikiranyeπndende nk'imineke 14 ikurikiranye
iremereye nk'injangwe 12 zo mu rugoπiremereye nk'imbuto 10 za watermelonπ§Έiremereye nk'abana 2,5 bo mu ishuri ry'incukeπiremereye nk'abanyeshuri 1,5πyashoboraga kwiruka metero 100 mu masegonda 10 (umuntu wihuta kurusha abandi akenera 9,6)Psittacosaurus yanganaga ite ugereranyije NAWE?
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Utuntu dushimishije
Psittacosaurus is the non-avian dinosaur genus with the most known species, up to 13 different ones.1
One fossil of Psittacosaurus was found with long, bristle-like filaments on its tail, similar to those of the dinosaur Tianyulong.1
Psittacosaurus had a brain that was fairly large for its size, suggesting it may have had complex behaviors and good senses of smell and sight.1
Unlike later horned dinosaurs like Triceratops, Psittacosaurus walked on two legs as an adult and did not have a frill or large horns.1
Psittacosaurus swallowed gastroliths (stomach stones) to help break down tough plant material, sometimes more than 50 stones in one animal.1
The first Psittacosaurus fossil was discovered in Mongolia in 1922 by a chauffeur named Wong during an expedition led by Henry Fairfield Osborn.1
Psittacosaurus could slide its lower jaw forward and backward, which may have helped it crack nuts or seeds.1

Ibibazo bibazwa cyane kuri Psittacosaurus
?How big was Psittacosaurus?
About 2 metres (6.5 feet) long and weighed around 50 kilograms (110 pounds). That is about as long as a large bicycle.34
?What did Psittacosaurus eat?
It was a herbivore that ate tough plants. It used its strong beak to snip leaves and swallowed gastroliths (stomach stones) to help grind the food.13
?Did Psittacosaurus have feathers?
No, it did not have feathers. But one fossil shows long, bristle-like structures on its tail, which may have been modified scales, not feathers.1
?How fast could Psittacosaurus run?
Maybe up to about 35 km/h (22 mph), about as fast as a fast human runner. This is an estimate from its size. It was small and agile and ran on two legs as an adult.13
Gusenya ibinyoma
Ibivugwa: Some people think Psittacosaurus was a type of parrot dinosaur that could fly.
Ukuri: Psittacosaurus was a dinosaur that walked on two legs and could not fly. Its name means 'parrot lizard' because of its beak, not because it had wings.1
Ku bazobereye muri dinozore
- Izina rya siyansi
- Psittacosaurus
- Yiswe na
- Osborn 19235
- Itsinda
- Dinozore zifite amahembe
- Umuryango / ishami
- Ceratopsia5
- Ishyirwa mu byiciro
- Ornithischia > Ceratopsia5
- Imyaka y'amabuye
- imyaka miliyoni 137 kugeza 100 (Valanginian / Albian)5
- Inzego z'amabuye
- Yixian, Ilek, ΓΓΆsh5
- Ibihugu
- Ubushinwa, Mongoliya, Uburusiya, Tayilande5
- Ibisigazwa byanditswe
- 70 muri The Paleobiology Database5
- Izwi kandi ku izina rya
- Hongshanosaurus, Protiguanodon (amazina ya kera ubu abarwa nk'inyamaswa imwe)5
- Ivumburwa
- Psittacosaurus was named in 1923 by American paleontologist Henry Fairfield Osborn after a nearly complete skull and skeleton were found in Mongolia by a chauffeur named Wong. Osborn gave it the name because its beak looked like a parrot's.1
- Biracyagibwaho impaka
- Scientists still debate whether the species Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis and Psittacosaurus houi are actually the same dinosaur or two different species.1
Aho amakuru yakuwe
- Psittacosaurus (en.wikipedia.org)
- Psittacosaurus - Dinosaurs.wiki (dinosaurs.wiki)
- Psittacosaurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
- Psittacosaurus (britannica.com)
- Psittacosaurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): imyaka, ahantu, inzego z'amabuye, ishyirwa mu byiciro.
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