Jenghizkhan

Genghis Khan

• Jenghiz · Mongolian (Latinised) · Genghis, the personal/royal name of the Mongol ruler
• khan · Mongolian · ruler, lord

The name honours Genghis Khan (spelled "Jenghiz Khan" here), the 13th-century founder of the Mongol Empire. It was chosen because the fossils come from Mongolia, and the name evokes a fearsome Mongolian conqueror, which suits a large predatory tyrannosaurid. The name was proposed for the species usually called Tarbosaurus bataar.

Named by

Olshevsky

Year named

1995

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Nemegt Formation, Gobi Desert, Mongolia

Junior synonym of Tarbosaurus (Maleev, 1955). Jenghizkhan was proposed in the mid-1990s for the species now called Tarbosaurus bataar, but most researchers treat Tarbosaurus as the valid genus. The Nemegt Formation is dated to the late Campanian–Maastrichtian; the Maastrichtian is given here as the commonly cited age. The exact authorship and year should be checked against the original publication.