Tyrannotitan
Field photograph to come
Tyrannotitan
DV-0592
- Lived
- 113 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Length
- about 13 m (43 ft)
- Group
- Theropods, Carcharodontosauridae
- Found in
- Argentina
- Named by
- Novas et al. 2005
Field notes
About Tyrannotitan
Tyrannotitan was a meat-eating theropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Carcharodontosauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Tyrannotitan, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cerro Barcino Formation. It was named by Novas et al. in 2005.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
To scale
How big was Tyrannotitan?
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Carcharodontosauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: F. E. Novas, S. de Valais, and P. A. Vickers-Rich, T. H. Rich. 2005. A large Cretaceous theropod from Patagonia, Argentina, and the evolution of carcharodontosaurids. Naturwissenschaften 92:226-230