Genus
Valid Extinct

Tarbosaurus

Maleev 1955
Etymology lézard angoissant

Tarbosaurus is a genus of large tyrannosaurid dinosaur that lived in Asia during the Maastrichtian age of the Late Cretaceous epoch. It contains the type and single species Tarbosaurus bataar, which is known from the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia, with more fragmentary remains found further afield in the Subashi Formation of China. Tarbosaurus is represented by dozens of fossil specimens, including several complete skulls and skeletons. These remains have allowed studies focusing on its phylogeny, skull mechanics, and brain structure. Further fossil remains have been reported from other geologic formations of Asia, however, these remains are fragmentary and cannot be confidently assigned to Tarbosaurus or the type species.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
56
Group
Dinosaures
Carnivore Ground dwelling, solitary Terrestrial
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Theropoda Unranked clade
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Neotheropoda Unranked clade
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Averostra Unranked clade
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Tetanurae Unranked clade
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Coelurosauria Unranked clade
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Tyrannosauroidea Superfamily
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Tyrannosauridae Family
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Tyrannosaurinae Subfamily
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Tyrannosaurini Tribe
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Tarbosaurus Genus
Measurements
Length
10 m ⓘ
Fossil sites 56 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
50
🇨🇳 China
4
🇷🇺 Russia
2
Geological formations
Nemegt
49
Udurchukan
2
Jiangjunding
1
Subashi
1
Yuliangzi
1
Qiupa
1
Beds of Nogon Tsav
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
54
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Species (7)
Albertosaurus periculosus subjective synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar 90 Ma
Gorgosaurus lancinator subjective synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar 90 Ma
Gorgosaurus novojilovi subjective synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar 90 Ma
Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis subjective synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar 90 Ma
Tarbosaurus bataar 90 Ma
Tarbosaurus efremovi subjective synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar 90 Ma
Tyrannosaurus luanchuanensis subjective synonym of Tarbosaurus bataar 90 Ma
Synonyms (3)
Jenghizkhan subjective synonym of Tarbosaurus
Maleevosaurus subjective synonym of Tarbosaurus
Shanshanosaurus subjective synonym of Tarbosaurus
News 1
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Everything Dinosaur confirms that they will be stocking the new Haolonggood Tarbosaurus models. We welcome two new tyrannosaur figures in the Haolonggood theropod collection. Each figure is in approximately 1/35th scale. They will be available from Everything Dinosaur soon.  The models have articulated jaws. The two new Haolonggood Tarbosaurus bataar dinosaur models. Yang Lin
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Bibliography
Original description
E. A. Maleev. 1955. [New carnivorous dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk USSR 104(5):779-783
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