Talarurus

Talarurus (/ˌtæləˈrʊərəs/ TAL-ə-ROOR-əs; meaning "Wicker tail") is an extinct genus of ankylosaur dinosaur. It lived about 90 million years ago during the Upper Cretaceous in what is now Mongolia.

Talarurus
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
90 mya
Front view of skeleton
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Archosauria
Clade: Dinosauria
Order: †Ornithischia
Clade: †Thyreophora
Suborder: †Ankylosauria
Family: †Ankylosauridae
Subfamily: †Ankylosaurinae
Genus: †Talarurus
Species:
†T. plicatospineus
Binomial name
Talarurus plicatospineus
Maleev, 1952

Talarurus was a hippopotamus-sized, heavily built, ground-dwelling, quadrupedal herbivore. It could grow up to about 6 m (19.7 ft) long. Like other ankylosaurs it had heavy armour and a club on its tail. Talarurus is one of the oldest known ankylosaurines from Asia and one of the better-known ankylosaurs from Mongolia.[1]

References
  1. Park J.Y; Lee Y.N; Currie P.J; Kobayashi Y; Koppelhus E; Barsbold R; Mateus O; Lee S. & Kim S.H. 2019. Additional skulls of Talarurus plicatospineus (Dinosauria: Ankylosauridae) and implications for paleobiogeography and paleoecology of armored dinosaurs. Cretaceous Research 108: 104340.


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