Tarbosaurus image from Natural History Museum
Tarbosaurus or Tarbosaurus bataar ,pronounced taar·buh·saw·ruhs was a large, therepodial, carnivorous dinosaur that lived in the late Cretaceous Period, about 66 million years ago. The tarbosaurus has been found in Mongolia and China. The name tarbosaurus means terrifying lizard.
The tarbosaurus weighed around 5 tons, was around 33, and around 16 ft tall. The Tyrannosaurus Rex is considered to be the closest relative to the tarbosaurus. Around 45 tarbosaurus skeletons have been found.
The tarbosaurus mostly feeds on medium herbivorous dinosaurs, such as triceratops. The tarbosaurus had 64 teeth and the teeth were about 12 in. long. It had a strong jaw so it could easily crush the bones of its smaller prey.
Its small forearms may have been used to help get itself off the ground. The tarbosaurus is guessed to be warm blooded. The tarbosaurus has a top speed of 25 mph. The tarbosaurus is said to not have feathers unlike other dinosaurs.
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