Tarbosaurus Maleev 1955 (tyrannosaurid)

Reptilia - Theropoda - Tyrannosauridae

Synonyms: Jenghizkhan Olshevsky 1995, Maleevosaurus Carpenter 1992, Shanshanosaurus Dong 1977

Full reference: E. A. Maleev. 1955. [New carnivorous dinosaurs from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia]. Doklady Akademii Nauk USSR 104(5):779-783

Parent taxon: Tyrannosauridae according to J. Lü et al. 2014

See also Averianov et al. 2012, Barsbold 1983, Barsbold 1997, Bonaparte 1978, Buffetaut 1992, Buffetaut et al. 1996, Carpenter 1992, Carpenter 1997, Carr 1996, Carr 1999, Carr 2023, Carr et al. 2011, Carroll 1988, Currie 1992, Currie 2000, Currie 2003, Currie et al. 2003, Currie and Dong 2001, Currie et al. 2003, Currie and Zhao 1994, Dong 1977, Dong 1979, Dong 1992, Fowler et al. 2011, Gauthier 1986, Holtz 2001, Holtz 2004, Hone et al. 2011, Huene 1958, Huene 1959, Kurzanov 1976, Kurzanov 1989, Li et al. 2009, Mader and Bradley 1989, Maleev 1955, Molnar 1978, Molnar 1980, Molnar 1991, Molnar et al. 1990, Nessov 1995, Olshevsky 2000, Osmólska 1996, Paul 1988, Rauhut 2003, Romer 1966, Rozhdestvensky 1977, Russell 1970, Saveliev and Alifanov 2007, Steel 1970, Swinton 1970, Tatarinov 1964, Urban and Lamanna 2006 and Walker 1964

Sister taxa: Albertosaurinae, Albertosaurus, Aublysodon, Gorgosaurus, Ornithomimus grandis, Tyrannosaurinae, Tyrannosauripodidae, Yezosaurus, Deinodontinae

Subtaxa: Tarbosaurus bataar

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Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (4 collections), Mongolia (41), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 46 collections including 48 occurrences

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