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Talarurus
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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.
Quick Facts Talarurus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous 90 mya, Scientific classification ...
Talarurus Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous 90 mya | |
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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 | |
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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]