Tarbosaurus

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Tarbosaurus bataar | status = Conservation status: Fossil | image = Tarbosaurus museum Muenster.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = A Tarbosaurus skeleton | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Reptile | ordo = Saurischia | subordo = Theropoda | familia = Tyrannosauridae | genus = Tarbosaurus | species = T. bataar | binomial = Tarbosaurus bataar | binomial_authority = Maleev, 1955 }}

Tarbosaurus was a member of the dinosaur family of tyrannosaurids, which flourished during the Late Cretaceous. Remains have been found in Mongolia. It is sometimes included in the genus Tyrannosaurus. T. bataar is the only species of Tarbosaurus currently recognised.

Although many specimens of this genus have been found, little definite data was confirmed on the dinosaur as of 1986, though it was presumed to share many characteristics with other tyrannosaurids. The skull in general seems to have many similarities with its North American cousin, Tyrannosaurus rex, prompting many to place it in the Tyrannosaurus genus (the resulting designation would then be Tyrannosaurus bataar). The close similarities have also prompted some scientists to suggest a possible link between the North American and Eurasian continents at that time, perhaps in the form of a land bridge. Tarbosaurus may have preyed upon large contemporary hadrosaurs, such as Saurolophus.de:Tarbosaurus fr:Tarbosaurus it:Tarbosaurus he:טרבוזאור nl:Tarbosaurus ja:タルボサウルス pt:Tarbossauro sv:Tarbosaurus