Very HardTarbosaurus
Tarbosaurus bataar
TAR-boh-SORE-us· “alarming lizard”
🕰️ Cretaceous🥩 carnivore🦴 Tyrannosauridae
11 m
Length
3.5 m
Height
5 t
Weight
The Asian cousin of T. rex and the top predator of Cretaceous Mongolia. It shared the same giant jaws and comically tiny two-fingered arms.
When
Late Cretaceous, ~70 million years ago
Found in
Mongolia
Discovered
Evgeny Maleev, 1955
Did you know?
- It was the largest predator in Asia at the end of the age of dinosaurs.
- It is the closest known relative of Tyrannosaurus rex.
- Like T. rex, it had huge jaws but very short, small arms.
Artwork: TotalDino, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.