Tarbosaurus Tarbosaurus bataar (Maleev 1955)
/ˌtɑːrbəˈsɔːrəs/
Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · 89.8–66 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Overview
Tarbosaurus bataar is a theropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous, roughly 89.8–66.0 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It was named by (Maleev 1955). The species is represented by 28 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~67%
confidence from occurrence count
Confirmed
Inferred
Based on 28 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tarbosaurus bataar sits in deep time
Tarbosaurus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tarbosaurus bataar's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology.