Tarbosaurus ( \ / ˌtɑrbɵˈsɔrəs \ / TAR-bo-SAWR-əs ; meaning `` alarming lizard '' ) is a genus of tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that flourished in Asia about 70 million years ago , at the end of the Late Cretaceous Period .
It was a tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaur that flourished between 70 and 65 million years ago , at the end of the Cretaceous period .