Tarbosaurus

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

Tarbosaurus is very like Tyrannosaurus.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Tyrannosauroidea, Tyrannosauridae, Tyrannosaurinae
Named by:
Maleev (1955)
Type species:
bataar

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