Talarurus

Pronunciation:
tal-a-roor-us
Name meaning:
'wicker tail'
Type of dinosaur:
armoured dinosaur
Length:
6.0m
Diet:
herbivorous
When it lived:
Late Cretaceous, 99-89 million years ago
Found in:
Mongolia

Talarurus is known from fairly complete skeletons.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Ornithischia, Thyreophora, Ankylosauria, Ankylosauridae
Named by:
Maleev (1952)
Type species:
plicatospineus

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