Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Tarbosaurus

Say it TAR-bow-SORE-us. The name means ‘alarming lizard’.

Tarbosaurus beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 10 m
Diet: Meat-eater
When: Late Cretaceous74 to 70 million years ago
Fossils found in: China, Mongolia
Named by: Maleev (1955)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Tyrannosauroidea › Tyrannosauridae › Tyrannosaurinae

Where Tarbosaurus sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Alectrosaurus · same country
Anserimimus · same country
Archaeornithomimus · same country
Borogovia · same country
Gilmoreosaurus · same country
Microceratus · same country
Mononykus · same country
Prenocephale · same country

Other large theropods

Abelisaurus Late Cretaceous
Dromiceiomimus Late Cretaceous
Ornithomimus Late Cretaceous
Albertosaurus Late Cretaceous
Daspletosaurus Late Cretaceous
Rajasaurus Late Cretaceous
Alioramus Late Cretaceous
Indosuchus Late Cretaceous

Source: Tarbosaurus 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.