"Pittacosaurus" ʻaʻole he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o kahi "lizard-parrot." A kapa ʻia ʻo ia no ka mea o ka hana maʻamau o nā ʻōpala, like me ka beak o kahi ʻōpiopio. Me lākou, ua ʻoki ʻo ia i nā lau a me nā lālā o nā kumulāʻau. Ua neʻe ka poʻe pangolin ma hope o nā wāwae ʻelua, akā inā hiki i ka pōpilikia ke holo ikaika i ka ʻehā. Ua ʻike nā ʻepekema ʻepekema i nā koena o ka dinosaurs pakeke wale nō, akā ʻo nā pēpē hoʻi. Na nā ʻōpio nō hoʻi nā niho ka mea, no ka wā liʻiliʻi, hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa i kā lākou ʻai. E like me nā moa a me nā pālolo i kēia manawa, ua kanu ʻo psittacosaurs i nā ʻōpua liʻiliʻi a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka meaʻai.
ʻAʻole nui ka psittacosaurus: ʻo ka lōʻihi o kahi lōʻihi ma kahi o 1 mika, a ʻoi aku kona paona ʻaʻole he 15 kilo.
Hoʻomaopopo kekahi mau ʻepekema i ka psittacosaurus i ke ʻano o nā ceratops, ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou i haʻi i ka pū a me nā mea ulu ma ka lae. Aʻo ka mea like, nā kaʻe o nā ceratopsians a me psittacosrens e like like, a like me ka ʻano o ke poʻo. ʻIke ʻia, ʻepekema ka ʻepekema: psittacosaurs hiki ke lilo i mua o nā ceratops. Ua hōʻoia ʻia kēia ʻoiaʻiʻo e kekahi mea ʻē aʻe ma Mongolia, kahi i loaʻa ai kahi dinosaur i ʻike ʻole ʻia nei, he kolu ʻāʻī me nā ulu ulu e like like me ka protoceratops, a ʻo kona ʻaka ʻoi loa kahi kope kope o ka beau psittacosaurus.
ʻO ka manawa mua loa, ua loaʻa nā koena o ka "lōlō" i nā aʻo ʻAmelika a Henry Osborne i ka makahiki 1923, i ka hana o ka holomua paleontological i loko o nā ʻāpana o Mongolia. A laila hele pū ka leʻaleʻa iā Osborne: ua ʻike ʻia nā mea kupanaha loa, ka mea i koi ʻia i ka nānā hou ʻana i nā dinosaurs kahiko.
No ka laʻana, ua kuhikuhi aku ʻo Henry Osborne i hiki i ka psittacosaurs ke kāʻili maluhia me nā ʻōlala pōkole me nā ʻano mea ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, veurosaurs. ʻO nā psittacosaurs liʻiliʻi i kālai aku i nā lau a me nā ʻōpio liʻiliʻi mai lalo, a ua loaʻa i nā veurosaur eʻai i kā lākou ʻai mai ka piko o nā kumulāʻau.
ʻO ka pīhoihoi, ʻelua mau ʻanoʻano o ka dinosaurs i hui pū ʻia i hiki ai ke manaʻo i ka neʻe ʻana o ka poʻe holomua i ka manawa. I ka hiki ʻana aku o ka mea hānai i kahi o ka ʻike, hoʻolaha nui ʻia nā dinosaur i nā mea ʻē aʻe a lūlū ʻia hoʻi ma nā ala like ʻole, me ka hūnā i ka ʻohana pili.
E pīhoihoi hoʻi i loaʻa i ke koena o nā mea pena ʻia ma ʻEulopa. Eia kekahi, ke kumu e manaʻoʻiʻo ai ua noho mua ka psittacosaurus i ka ʻāina o ka Lūkini hou. ʻIke kēia poʻe ʻepekema i kā lākou hoʻoholo ʻana, e hoʻomau ia me ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻike paleontological.
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Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka inoa psittacosaurus i ka makahiki 1923 e Henry Fairfield Osborn, paleontologist, pelekikena o ka American Museum of Natural History, i kahi puke i paʻi ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 19. ʻO ka inoa inoa hua ʻia ka huaʻōlelo Helene ψιττακος / psittakos (parrot) a me ka σαυρος / sauros (lisit), a e hōʻike pū ana i ka like like ʻole o ka ʻaoʻao mua o ka poʻo o ka holoholona me ka beak o ka ʻōkala a me nā ʻano.