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| − | ''Tarbosaurus'' was a huge theropod dinosaur, living around 70-65mya, in what is now Asia. It is often confused on sight with [[T-Rex|''T-Rex'']]. However, ''Tarbosaurus'' was slightly smaller, even though it lived at the same time. Contrary to popular belief, it never actually fought ''T-Rex'', beacause even that long ago Asia and North America were separated, so the two could never have fought. |
+ | '''Tarbosaurus''' was a huge theropod dinosaur, living around 70-65mya, in what is now Asia. It is often confused on sight with [[T-Rex|''T-Rex'']]. However, ''Tarbosaurus'' was slightly smaller, even though it lived at the same time. Contrary to popular belief, it never actually fought ''T-Rex'', beacause even that long ago Asia and North America were separated, so the two could never have fought. |
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Revision as of 11:23, 28 February 2010
Tarbosaurus was a huge theropod dinosaur, living around 70-65mya, in what is now Asia. It is often confused on sight with T-Rex. However, Tarbosaurus was slightly smaller, even though it lived at the same time. Contrary to popular belief, it never actually fought T-Rex, beacause even that long ago Asia and North America were separated, so the two could never have fought.
Fact File
Height = 5-6m
Length = 12m
Weight = 5-6 tonnes
Diet = Carnivorous
Prey
Tarbosaurus mainly ate large herbivores such as Saurolophus and Nemegtosaurus, two not very well known dinosaurs. Its fossils have been found with fractures, suggesting that it sometimes foolishly attacked heavily armoured dinosaurs such as Euoplocephalus, which could use their tail clubs to fracture bones, and could maim and kill.