Tarchia
Tarchia gigantea
Pronounced: Tar - chee - uh
Diet: Herbivore (Plant-Eater)
Name Means: "Brainy"
Length: 28 Feet (8.5 m)
Height: 10 Feet (3m)
Weight: 5 Tons (4,500 kilos)
Time: Late Cretaceous - 70 MYA
Fossil
remains
for this
Dinosaur
have
been
found in
Asia
Tarchia was a large, armored dinosaur that lived in Asia.
This plant-eater seems to have been a common dinosaur and quite
was similar to Ankylosaurus. It was another member of the family
of dinosaurs that were built low to the ground with thick, bony
scutes covering much of their back and neck. It also had a
fearsome weapon to protect itself, a heavy, bony club on the end
of its tail that when swung could have broken the bones of any
animal that tried to attack it.
Tarchia seemed to have a larger brain than other members of its family do, and its skull seems to support the theory that ankylosaur heads became more massive as they evolved. |
