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Psittacosaurus

genus of reptiles (fossil)
Taxon fossil_taxon Q132672
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Summary

Psittacosaurus is a fossil taxon[1]. Psittacosaurus ranks in the top 2% of fossil taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,486 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: genus[3]
  • Parent taxon: Psittacosauridae[4]
  • Location of discovery: People's Republic of China[5]
  • Taxon name: Psittacosaurus[6]
  • Commons category: Psittacosaurus[7]
  • Start time: -126000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[8]
  • End time: -101000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[9]
  • Commons gallery: Psittacosaurus[10]
  • Main food source: herbivore[11]
  • Taxon common name: プシッタコサウルス[12]
  • Length: 2.0 m[13]
  • Time period: Early Cretaceous[14]

Body

Identifiers

Psittacosaurus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 4532049[15]. Psittacosaurus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4823245[16].

Why It Matters

Psittacosaurus has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] Psittacosaurus is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

Related Entities

People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . nhm.ac.uk. nhm.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3171051
    Main food source → herbivore
    End time → -101000000-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Length → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.0'}
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: psittacosaurus, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289949645|psittacosaurus (#289949645)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
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