Talarurus

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

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 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 change

↑ 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. [1]

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[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. [1]

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