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sharp-clawed runner
Tarbosaurus
Say it like this: “TAR-buh-SOR-uhs”
Tarbosaurus bataar
Tarbosaurus ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Mongolia.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 1955 · Maleev, E. A.
- Hip height
- 3 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 10–12 m · 33–39 ft
- Weight
- 4.5–5 tonnes
- Found in
- Mongolia · Nemegt
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Tyrannosaurinae
The story in short
Tarbosaurus was formally named in 1955 by E. A. Maleev.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Mongolia, including the Nemegt Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Tarbosaurus at a length near 10–12 m, hips about 3 m high, and a body mass around 4.5–5 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Tyrannosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.