Lot 783
Psittacosaurus Dinosaur Skull. Psittacosaurus is a very important dinosaur that lived between 120-130 million years ago in Liaoning Province, Central Asia. Psittacosaurus is important as being the oldest ancestor of the famous horned dinosaurs such as Triceratops. Psittacosaurus did not have horns but did possess a horned beak and bony Jugals (back of the upper jaw) which are characteristic of only ceroptopsian (horned) dinosaurs. Psittacosaurus was a very small dinosaur being only 4-5 feet long as an adult. This 4 x 3.75 inch long skull is complete except for the end of one of the two jugals (jaw bone extension). The skull is not distorted and has one tooth and a partial second tooth although more teeth might still be buried under the matrix inside the jaw. The excellent preservation of this small delicate skull occurred because this dinosaur was instantly buried under volcanic ash over 120 million years ago in central Asia, a sort of dinosaurean Pompei It comes with a 5 x 4 inch black wooden stand for display.
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Estimated Value $1,500 - 2,000.
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