Eucalyptus taurina is a tree that typically grows to a height of 22 m (72 ft) and forms a lignotuber.

It has rough, dark grey to black ironbark on the trunk, sometimes also the larger branches, and smooth bark above.

The fruit is a woody conical to hemispherical capsule 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and wide with the valves protruding.

[2][3][4] Eucalyptus taurina was first described in 1994 by Anthony Bean and Ian Brooker in the journal Austrobaileya from specimens they collected near Helidon in 1990.

[3][5] The specific epithet (taurina) is from the Latin word taurinus meaning "of bulls", an allusion to the author's experience when first seeing this species.