Tarbosaurus

Tarbosaurus

Pronunciation:
TAR-bow-SORE-us
Name meaning:
'alarming lizard'
Tarbosaurus
large theropod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
large theropod
Length:
10.0m
Diet:
carnivorous carnivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 74-70 million years ago
Found in:
China, Mongolia

Tarbosaurus is very like Tyrannosaurus.

Tarbosaurus milieu

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Neotheropoda, Tetanurae, Avetheropoda, Coelurosauria, Tyrannoraptora, Tyrannosauroidea, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurinae
Named by:
Maleev (1955)
Type species:
bataar

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