psittacosaurus

• Gênero de dinossauro herbívoro primitivo do período Cretáceo, que não possuía chifres verdadeiros, apenas o início de um colar ósseo, com patas traseiras longas e dianteiras curtas, provavelmente bípede.

A primitive dinosaur that lacked true horns and had only the beginning of a frill, with long hind limbs and short forelimbs, and may have been bipedal.

1. Early ceratopsian dinosaurC2formalscientific

   A small, primitive, herbivorous dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous period, characterized by a parrot-like beak, a lack of horns, and a small frill at the back of its skull. It was likely bipedal with strong hind limbs and shorter forelimbs.

   Dinossauro ceratopsiano primitivo

   • The psittacosaurus fossil was discovered in Mongolia.
   • Scientists believe the psittacosaurus used its beak to eat tough plants.
   • Unlike later ceratopsians, the psittacosaurus had no horns and only a small frill.