Binomial Tarbosaurus bataar · TAR-boh-SORE-us
Late Cretaceous - 70-66 Ma
AI reconstructionTarbosaurus fossil records in Fossil Atlas are mapped as selected modern discovery locations, with 27 source-backed records currently shown. Mongolia and Asia, especially Nemegt Formation records in the current atlas expansion. Key mapped formations in the current dataset include Nemegt, Udurchukan, Beds of Nogon Tsav. These pins are fossil record locations, not a complete ancient habitat map.
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Tarbosaurus was a large tyrannosaurid from Late Cretaceous Mongolia and nearby regions. Fossil Atlas uses it to expand the Gobi Desert map beyond the Flaming Cliffs and into the Nemegt Formation.
Drawn true to scale on a metre ruler.
Length
measured10 m · 33 ft
Largest known specimens
Height
measured3.2 m (10.5 ft)
Body mass
estimate5,000 kg · 11,000 lb
Typical adult
Top speed
estimate35 km/h · 22 mph
Modelled, debated
Position of this animal’s known range across 252 million years of the Mesozoic and beyond.
70-66 million years ago
Tarbosaurus is one of the best-known large tyrannosaurids from Asia.
Its Nemegt Formation records give Fossil Atlas a strong post-Flaming-Cliffs Mongolia expansion.
It is often compared with T. rex, but Fossil Atlas keeps the records and regions separate.
Pins show selected fossil records for Tarbosaurus; use them as modern discovery evidence, not a complete range map. Modern fossil discovery map: pins show where selected fossil and specimen records were found today, not ancient Earth positions. What does this mean?
Specimen evidence
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Tarbosaurus is represented here by selected fossil records from mongolia and asia, especially nemegt formation records in the current atlas expansion. Fossil Atlas maps those records as modern discovery locations.
No. The map shows modern fossil discovery locations from selected records. Ancient habitat and paleogeographic reconstructions are separate questions.
The current Fossil Atlas records include Nemegt. Formation coverage depends on the selected dataset and may not be complete.
Yes. Use the expedition card generator to turn the Tarbosaurus map and specimen profile into a shareable card.
Selected fossil records from PBDB and museum biodiversity aggregators. Source labels and confidence notes help distinguish canonical paleobiology records from specimen-media records.
Reconstruction images are labeled illustrations and do not represent fossil evidence. Size, speed, and bite-force figures are typical published estimates and remain subject to revision as new specimens are described.
Maps use curated PBDB, museum, and specimen-source records with visible caveats.
Pins show where fossils were found or reported today, not exact ancient habitat positions.
Artwork is labeled separately from specimen photos, maps, and source records.
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