"Pittacosaurus" ba ma'ana komai ba face "lizard-parrot." Kuma ya yi suna saboda haka sabon abu tsarin jaws, kama da baki na aku. Tare da su, ya yayyafa ganye da rassan bishiyoyi. Pangolin ya tafi a kan kafafu biyu, amma idan akwai haɗari zai iya briskly gudu cikin hudu. Masana kimiyya sun iya gano ragowar dinosaur ba kawai, har ma da jarirai. Har yaran suma suna da hakora, domin tun suna kanana zasu iya samun nasu abincin. Kamar kaji na zamani da duwatsun zamani, psittacosaurs ya hadiye kananan pebbles saboda abinci yafi kyau.

Psittacosaurus ba shi da girma: tsawonsa ya kai mita 1, kuma nauyinsa bai wuce kilo 15 ba.

Wasu masana kimiyya sun danganta psittacosaurus da umarnin ceratops, kodayake basu da kahohin magana da ci gaban goshi. Duk da haka, beaks na ceratopia da psittacosrens suna da kama sosai, kuma tsarin shugaban kusan iri ɗaya ne. A bayyane yake, masana kimiyya suna da gaskiya: psittacosaurs na iya zama magabatan magabatan farauyoyi. Wannan ya tabbatar da wani binciken a Mongolia, inda aka gano wani abu da ba a taɓa sani ba, wanda yake da abin wuya tare da haɓaka iri ɗaya, da gemunsa kusan kwafin kwayar psittacosaurus.

A karon farko, koyarwar Amurka ce ta Henry Osborne ta gano a farkon shekarar 1923, yayin aikin balaguron masaniya a cikin tsaunukan Mongolia. Sannan sa'a ta kasance tare da Osborne: abubuwan bincike masu ban mamaki da aka sanya, wanda hakan ya tilasta sabon kallo ga tsoffin dinosaur.

Misali, Henry Osborne ya ba da shawarar cewa psittacosaurs na iya cin ciyawar cikin lumana tare da sauran dinosaurs na dabbobi, kamar su veurosaurs. Psaramar psittacosaurs suna cin ganye da ƙananan harbe daga ƙasa, kuma manyan veansaur da suka fi girma suna samun abincinsu daga saman bishiyoyi.

Abin mamakin shine, jinsunan dinosaur biyu suka yi kiwo tare domin jin tsarin da dabbobin ke fuskanta. Da zaran mafarauci ya isa yankin na gani, dinosaurs yayi kakkausar suka ga wasu kuma suka watsu a fannoni daban daban, suna rikitar da dangi mara hankali.

Hakanan abin mamaki ne cewa ana samun ragowar irin waɗannan alamomin a Turai. Bugu da ƙari, akwai dalili don yin imani da cewa psittacosaurus da zarar ya zauna a ƙasar Rasha ta zamani. Yanzu masana kimiyya sun kusa tabbatar da kammalawa, ya rage a tallafa musu tare da binciken burbushin halittu.

Haraji

An gabatar da sunan psittacosaurus a cikin 1923 daga Henry Fairfield Osborn, masanin ilimin burbushin halittu, shugaban Cibiyar Tarihin Kayan Tarihi na Amurka, a cikin labarin da aka buga a ranar 19 ga Oktoba. Sunan da ake yi wa lakabi ya ƙunshi kalmomin Helenanci ψιττακος / psittakos (aku) da σαυρος / sauros (lizard), kuma yana nuna kamannin waje na gaban dabbar dabba tare da baki na aku da dabi'ar dabbobi masu rarrafe.