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Talarurus

Say it: tal-a-ROOR-us

Name means: “wicker tail”1

Ate: PlantsArmoured dinosLate Cretaceous

Talarurus was an armoured dinosaur that looked like a living tank. It had a heavy club on its tail and bony plates all over its body to protect it from predators.2

Lived

100 to 84 million years ago4

Late Cretaceous

Fossils found in

Mongolia, especially the Gobi Desert2 1

Food

Plants2

Length

5 to 6 m2

Weight

454 kg to 907 kg2

Height

1.8 to 2 m2 3

hip height

When did it live?

Triassic

Jurassic

Cretaceous

252 million years ago20114566, the asteroid

How big was it?

How long was it?

How tall was it?

hip height

How heavy was it?

as heavy as 30 big dogs

as long as 6 dogs nose to tailas long as 33 bananas end to endas heavy as 180 watermelonsabout as tall as a door

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Fun facts

Talarurus lived about 96 to 89 million years ago, during the Late Cretaceous period.2

Its tail club looked like a wicker basket, which is how it got its name.2

Scientists have found at least a dozen Talarurus specimens, including several skulls.2

Talarurus shared its home with another armoured dinosaur called Tsagantegia, but they ate different plants so they didn't compete.2

It had a wide, rectangular snout that helped it graze on low-growing plants, like a modern white rhinoceros.2

Talarurus had strong, short legs and a wide, round belly.2

AI-made picture of Talarurus — An AI-made picture of how Talarurus might have looked, made by a computer from what scientists know. It is a guess: the real animal may have looked different, and nobody knows its true colours.

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Most asked questions about Talarurus

?How big was Talarurus?

Talarurus was about 5 to 6 metres long and weighed roughly 454 to 907 kilograms. Some estimates put its weight at 2 tonnes.2 1

?What did Talarurus eat?

Talarurus was a herbivore, meaning it ate plants. It had a wide, rectangular snout that helped it graze on low-growing plants, like a modern white rhinoceros.2 1

?When did Talarurus live?

Talarurus lived during the Late Cretaceous period, about 96 to 89 million years ago. That's a long time before humans existed.2 1

?Where was Talarurus found?

Talarurus fossils were found in the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. The first remains were discovered in 1948.2

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Scientific name: Talarurus
Named by: Maleev 19524
Group: Armoured dinos
Family / clade: Ankylosauridae4
Classification: Ornithischia > Ankylosauria > Ankylosauridae > Thyreophora4
Age of the rocks: 100 to 84 million years (Cenomanian / Santonian)4
Rock formations: Baynshire4
Countries: Mongolia4
Fossil records: 3 in the Paleobiology Database4
Discovery: Talarurus was named by Russian paleontologist Evgeny Maleev in 1952, based on fossils found in 1948 by a Soviet-Mongolian expedition.2 1
Still debated: Scientists are not sure exactly how fast Talarurus could move, but its heavy armour and tail club probably made it slow.2

Where the facts come from

Talarurus | Natural History Museum (nhm.ac.uk)
Talarurus (en.wikipedia.org)
TALARURUS - DinoChecker dinosaur archive (dinochecker.com)
Talarurus in The Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0): age, places, rock formations, classification.

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