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Ankylosauridae

Tarchia kielanae

"brainy one"

Generic ankylosaur body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tarchia 6 m (19.7 ft) long
as long as 4 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic ankylosaur body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Tarchia
Length
6 m (19.7 ft)
Period
Late Cretaceous (100–66 Mya)
Place
Mongolia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Ankylosauridae Dinosauria Ornithischia Thyreophora Ankylosauria Club-tailed armored herbivores.

Tarchia (meaning “brainy one”) is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of Mongolia.

What we know

  • Named by Maryanska, 1977.
  • Body length estimated at about 6 m.
  • Fossils found in Mongolia.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Tarchia — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.