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Tarbosaurus - Species Profile - Fine Art of Paleontology

01.26.2016 - By archivePlay

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Tarbosaurus will be the topic on Natures Talk Shows Species profile on The Fine Art of Paleontology. Tarbosaurus was a carnivore (meat-eater) that lived in Asia during the late  Cretaceous Period about 65 to 68 million years ago.It was one of the dinosaurs that died out in the Cretaceous- Tertiary extinction 65 million years ago. 

Tarbosaurus was about 30 to 40 feet (9 to 12 meters) long and weighed 4 to 5 tons. Tarbosaurus is closely related to the Tyrannosaurus Rex and scientists have long debated how Tarbosaurus should be classified.The name Tarbosaurus means "terror lizard"

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