Dinosaurs · Armoured dinosaur

Talarurus

Say it tal-a-roor-us. The name means ‘wicker tail’.

Talarurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of armoured dinosaurs
Length
6 m
Diet
Plant-eater
When
Late Cretaceous99 to 89 million years ago
Fossils found in
Mongolia
Named by
Maleev (1952)
Family tree
Dinosauria › Ornithischia › Thyreophora › Ankylosauria › Ankylosauridae
TriassicJurassicCretaceousTalarurus252 Ma66 Ma
Where Talarurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Armoured dinosaurs. Plated and armoured plant-eaters, such as Stegosaurus and the ankylosaurs. See all 33

Lived at the same time

Other armoured dinosaurs

Source: Talarurus in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.