Tarbosaurus was a carnivore. It lived in the Cretaceous period and inhabited Asia. Its fossils have been found in places such as Hubei (China), Bayankhongor (Mongolia) and Ömnögovi (Mongolia).
Quick facts about Tarbosaurus:
- Existed from 83.6 million years ago to Maastrichtian Age
- Lived in a flood plain
- Was a carnivore
- Reproduced by laying eggs
- Had a body mass of approximately 1650 kg
- Fossil femurs are approximately 854 mm long and wide
- 46 different specimens have been found by paleontologists
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Tarbosaurus was described by the following scientific paper(s):
- Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and R. Barsbold. 1972. Narrative of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions 1967-1971. Palaeontologia Polonica 27:5-136
- Z. Dong. 1977. On the dinosaurian remains from Turpan, Xinjiang. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(1):59-66
- M. Watabe and S. Suzuki. 2010. Report of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition in 2006. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:11-18
