Tarchia
Field photograph to come
Tarchia
DV-0240 · type species Tarchia kielanae
- Lived
- 84 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 5.5 m (18 ft)
- Group
- Ankylosaurs, Ankylosauridae
- Found in
- Mongolia
- Named by
- Maryanska 1977
Field notes
About Tarchia
Tarchia was a plant-eating ankylosaur that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 84 to 66 million years ago. It belongs to the family Ankylosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 4 finds of Tarchia, from Mongolia. Its fossils come from rocks including the Nemegt Formation and the Baruungoyot Formation. It was named by Maryanska in 1977.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
75 million years ago
To scale
How big was Tarchia?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Ankylosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: T. Maryanska. 1977. Ankylosauridae (Dinosauria) from Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 37:85-151