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Tarbosaurus
Taxonomy
Tarbosaurus was named by Maleev (1955). It was considered monophyletic by Currie (2000).
It was synonymized subjectively with Tyrannosaurus by Paul (1988), Carpenter (1997), Carr (1999) and Holtz (2001).
It was assigned to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1958); to Deinodontidae by Maleev (1955) and Tatarinov (1964); to Dinodontidae by Huene (1959) and Swinton (1970); to Tarbosaurini by Olshevsky (2000); to Tyrannosaurinae by Currie (2000), Currie (2003), Currie et al. (2003), Holtz (2004), Carr et al. (2011), Hone et al. (2011) and Averianov et al. (2012); and to Tyrannosauridae by Walker (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Russell (1970), Kurzanov (1976), Rozhdestvensky (1977), Bonaparte (1978), Molnar (1978), Dong (1979), Molnar (1980), Barsbold (1983), Gauthier (1986), Mader and Bradley (1989), Kurzanov (1989), Molnar et al. (1990), Molnar (1991), Buffetaut (1992), Currie (1992), Currie and Zhao (1994), Nessov (1995), Osmólska (1996), Buffetaut et al. (1996), Barsbold (1997), Currie et al. (2003), Rauhut (2003), Urban and Lamanna (2006), Saveliev and Alifanov (2007), Li et al. (2009) and Lü et al. (2014).
It was synonymized subjectively with Tyrannosaurus by Paul (1988), Carpenter (1997), Carr (1999) and Holtz (2001).
It was assigned to Pachypodosauria by Huene (1958); to Deinodontidae by Maleev (1955) and Tatarinov (1964); to Dinodontidae by Huene (1959) and Swinton (1970); to Tarbosaurini by Olshevsky (2000); to Tyrannosaurinae by Currie (2000), Currie (2003), Currie et al. (2003), Holtz (2004), Carr et al. (2011), Hone et al. (2011) and Averianov et al. (2012); and to Tyrannosauridae by Walker (1964), Romer (1966), Steel (1970), Russell (1970), Kurzanov (1976), Rozhdestvensky (1977), Bonaparte (1978), Molnar (1978), Dong (1979), Molnar (1980), Barsbold (1983), Gauthier (1986), Mader and Bradley (1989), Kurzanov (1989), Molnar et al. (1990), Molnar (1991), Buffetaut (1992), Currie (1992), Currie and Zhao (1994), Nessov (1995), Osmólska (1996), Buffetaut et al. (1996), Barsbold (1997), Currie et al. (2003), Rauhut (2003), Urban and Lamanna (2006), Saveliev and Alifanov (2007), Li et al. (2009) and Lü et al. (2014).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Tarbosaurus Maleev p. 779 |
| 1958 | Tarbosaurus Huene p. 205 |
| 1959 | Tarbosaurus Huene p. 122 |
| 1964 | Tarbosaurus Tatarinov p. 539 |
| 1964 | Tarbosaurus Walker p. 128 |
| 1966 | Tarbosaurus Romer p. 369 |
| 1970 | Tarbosaurus Russell p. 20 |
| 1970 | Tarbosaurus Steel p. 42 |
| 1970 | Tarbosaurus Swinton p. 153 |
| 1976 | Tarbosaurus Kurzanov p. 93 |
| 1977 | Shanshanosaurus Dong |
| 1977 | Tarbosaurus Rozhdestvensky p. 112 |
| 1978 | Tarbosaurus Bonaparte p. 466 |
| 1978 | Tarbosaurus Molnar p. 78 |
| 1979 | Tarbosaurus Dong p. 342 |
| 1980 | Tarbosaurus Molnar p. 103 |
| 1983 | Tarbosaurus Barsbold p. 96 |
| 1986 | Tarbosaurus Gauthier p. 9 |
| 1988 | Shanshanosaurus Carroll |
| 1989 | Tarbosaurus Kurzanov p. 5 |
| 1989 | Tarbosaurus Mader and Bradley p. 45 |
| 1990 | Tarbosaurus Molnar et al. p. 190 |
| 1991 | Tarbosaurus Molnar p. 166 |
| 1992 | Tarbosaurus Buffetaut p. 135 fig. 2 |
| 1992 | Maleevosaurus Carpenter |
| 1992 | Shanshanosaurus Currie p. 242 |
| 1992 | Tarbosaurus Currie p. 242 |
| 1992 | Shanshanosaurus Dong p. 165 |
| 1994 | Tarbosaurus Currie and Zhao p. 2080 |
| 1995 | Tarbosaurus Nessov p. 40 |
| 1995 | Jenghizkhan Olshevsky |
| 1996 | Tarbosaurus Buffetaut et al. p. 690 |
| 1996 | Maleevosaurus Osmólska p. 27 |
| 1996 | Tarbosaurus Osmólska p. 27 |
| 1997 | Tarbosaurus Barsbold p. 448 |
| 2000 | Tarbosaurus Currie p. 448 |
| 2000 | Jenghizkhan Olshevsky p. 152 |
| 2000 | Tarbosaurus Olshevsky pp. 152-153 |
| 2001 | Shanshanosaurus Currie and Dong p. 1736 |
| 2001 | Shanshanosaurus Holtz, Jr. pp. 71-72 fig. 7.2 |
| 2003 | Tarbosaurus Currie p. 663 |
| 2003 | Tarbosaurus Currie et al. p. 6 |
| 2003 | Tarbosaurus Currie et al. p. 230 fig. 2 |
| 2003 | Maleevosaurus Rauhut p. 43 |
| 2003 | Shanshanosaurus Rauhut p. 43 |
| 2003 | Tarbosaurus Rauhut p. 43 |
| 2004 | Tarbosaurus Holtz, Jr. p. 112 |
| 2006 | Tarbosaurus Urban and Lamanna p. 234 |
| 2007 | Tarbosaurus Saveliev and Alifanov p. 281 |
| 2009 | Tarbosaurus Li et al. |
| 2011 | Tarbosaurus Carr et al. |
| 2011 | Tarbosaurus Hone et al. p. 496 |
| 2012 | Tarbosaurus Averianov et al. p. 145 |
| 2014 | Tarbosaurus Lü et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Tarbosaurus Maleev 1955
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†Tarbosaurus bataar Maleev 1955
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Invalid names: Albertosaurus periculosus Riabinin 1930 [synonym], Gorgosaurus lancinator Maleev 1955 [synonym], Gorgosaurus novojilovi Maleev 1955 [synonym], Shanshanosaurus huoyanshanensis Dong 1977 [synonym], Tarbosaurus efremovi Maleev 1955 [synonym], Tyrannosaurus luanchuanensis Dong 1979 [synonym]
Invalid names: Jenghizkhan Olshevsky 1995 [synonym], Maleevosaurus Carpenter 1992 [synonym], Shanshanosaurus Dong 1977 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available