Genus · Tyrannosauridae · Cretaceous

Tarbosaurus

Named by Maleev 1955

Tarbosaurus lived 72.1–66 million years ago, during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous. The Paleobiology Database lists 56 fossil records for it from 3 countries (Mongolia, China and Russia) — the 17th most of the 99 genera on this site.

Where it sits in time

Key facts from the records

Most of what is known comes from one rock unit: 88% of its records are from the Nemegt Formation.
It is one of the more widespread genera here: records from 3 countries, 26th of 99.
Saurolophus appears in 32% of the collections that hold Tarbosaurus; Gallimimus in 19%.
Its stage range spans about 6.1 million years (83rd longest of 99); it is the 6th best-recorded of the 32 theropods here.

1 accepted species

Tarbosaurus has a single accepted species in PBDB.

Species	Named by	Records
Tarbosaurus bataar	Maleev 1955	28

Where it was found

56 records with coordinates.

Found alongside

Rock formations

Nemegt49
Udurchukan2
Yuliangzi1
Qiupa1
Subashi1
Beds of Nogon Tsav1
Jiangjunding1

States & provinces

Region	Records	Share
Omnogov	48	86%
Amur	2	4%
Heilongjiang	1	2%
Henan	1	2%
Xinjiang	1	2%
Bayankhongor	1	2%
Shandong	1	2%

Country	Records	Share
Mongolia	50	89%
China	4	7%
Russia	2	4%

Records by stage

Well-dated records, by the stage of their mid-point age.

Coniacian1
Maastrichtian54

Other theropods of its time

Same group, overlapping stage range, not found in the same collections.

Genus	Age	Country	Records
Tyrannosaurus	72.1–66 Ma	United States, Canada	85
Ornithomimus	83.6–66 Ma	United States, Canada	35
Albertosaurus	83.6–66 Ma	Canada, United States	32
Masiakasaurus	72.1–66 Ma	Madagascar	29
Chirostenotes	83.6–66 Ma	United States, Canada	28
Majungasaurus	72.1–66 Ma	Madagascar	25
Struthiomimus	83.6–66 Ma	Canada, United States	18
Stenonychosaurus	83.6–66 Ma	Canada, United States	14

Data: PBDB taxon 53224 · method