Genus
Valid Extinct

Tarchia

Maryanska 1977

Tarchia is a genus of herbivorous ankylosaurid dinosaur from the late Cretaceous of Mongolia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
4
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tarchia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Ornithischia Unranked clade
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Parapredentata Unranked clade
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Saphornithischia Unranked clade
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Prionodontia Unranked clade
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Genasauria Unranked clade
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Thyreophora Unranked clade
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Thyreophoroidea Superfamily
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Eurypoda Unranked clade
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Ankylosauria Unranked clade
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Euankylosauria Unranked clade
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Ankylosauridae Family
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Ankylosaurinae Subfamily
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Tarchia Genus
Measurements
Length
4,3 m ⓘ
Tarchia teresae — min connu
4,6 m ⓘ
Tarchia kielanae — max connu
5,5 m ⓘ
Mass
800 kg ⓘ
Tarchia teresae — min connu
900 kg ⓘ
Tarchia kielanae — max connu
Fossil sites 4 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇲🇳 Mongolia
4
Geological formations
Nemegt
3
Baruungoyot
1
Temporal distribution
Maastrichtian (72.2–66 Ma)
3
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Species (4)
Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani subjective synonym of Tarchia kielanae 84 Ma
Tarchia kielanae 84 Ma
Tarchia teresae 72 Ma
Tarchia tumanovae 72 Ma
Images 2
Bibliography
Original description
T. Maryanska. 1977. Ankylosauridae (Dinosauria) from Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 37:85-151
Bibliography (4)
J.-Y. Park, Y.-N. Lee, and Y. Kobayashi, L. L. Jacobs, R. Barsbold, H.-J. Lee, N. Kim, K.-Y. Song, M. J. Polcyn. 2021. A new ankylosaurid from the Upper Cretaceous Nemegt Formation of Mongolia and implications for paleoecology of armoured dinosaurs. Scientific Reports 11:22928 DOI ↗
P. Penkalski and T. Tumanova. 2017. The cranial morphology and taxonomic status of Tarchia (Dinosauria: Ankylosauridae) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. Cretaceous Research 70:117-127 DOI ↗
M. Watabe, K. Tsogtbaatar, and S. Suzuki, M. Saneyoshi. 2010. Geology of dinosaur-fossil-bearing localities (Jurassic and Cretaceous: Mesozoic) in the Gobi Desert: Results of the HMNS-MPC Joint Paleontological Expedition. Hayashibara Museum of Natural Sciences Research Bulletin 3:41-118
T. Maryanska. 1977. Ankylosauridae (Dinosauria) from Mongolia. Palaeontologia Polonica 37:85-151