Tarchia tumanovae

† Tarchia tumanovae is a Late Cretaceous ankylosaurid from Mongolia, named for paleontologist Tatiana Tumanova. Multiple Tarchia species demonstrate significant ankylosaurid diversity in the Late Cretaceous of Central Asia.

Diet & Feeding

Herbivore

Tarchia tumanovae was a plant-eating dinosaur. Herbivores typically fed on ferns, cycads, conifers, and other vegetation available during their era. Many herbivorous dinosaurs developed specialized teeth and digestive systems for processing tough plant material.

Time Period

Cretaceous Late Mesozoic Era

Tarchia tumanovae lived during the Cretaceous Late period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 100,5 to 66,0 million years ago.

La era final de los dinosaurios, con especies icónicas como Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops y Velociraptor. Los dinosaurios alcanzaron su máxima diversidad antes de que el catastrófico impacto de un asteroide en el cráter Chicxulub pusiera fin a la Era Mesozoica.