Cluster of 6 Juvenile <i>Psittacosaurus</i> from the Lower Cretaceous of Lujiatun, Liaoning Province (IMAGE)

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Cluster of 6 Juvenile <i>Psittacosaurus</i> from the Lower Cretaceous of Lujiatun, Liaoning Province

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This image shows a cluster of six juvenile Psittacosaurus from the Lower Cretaceous of Lujiatun, Liaoning Province, China (IVPP14341). The cluster, shown in a photograph (a) and interpretive drawing (b), contains six aligned juvenile specimens. Bone histology indicates that specimens 2-6 were two years old at time of death, whereas specimen 1 was three years old.

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Please note: all images are for single use only to illustrate stories about the <i>Nature Communications</i> paper 'Histology and postural change during the growth of the ceratopsian dinosaur <i>Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis</i>' by Zhao, Q., Benton, M.J., Sullivan, C., Sander, P.M., and Xu, X. and are not to be archived. All images should be labelled © Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Beijing.

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