Talarurus
Field photograph to come
Talarurus
DV-0175 · type species Talarurus plicatospineus
- Lived
- 101 to 84 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 6 m (20 ft)
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Maleev 1952
Field notes
About Talarurus
Talarurus was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 101 to 84 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 3 finds of Talarurus, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from the Baynshire Formation. It was named by Maleev in 1952.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
90 million years ago
To scale
How big was Talarurus?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: E. A. Maleev. 1952. Noviy ankilosavr is verchnego mela Mongolii [A new ankylosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 87(2):273-276