Tyrannotitan

Field photograph to come

DV-0592Cerro Barcino Fm., Argentina

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

2 finds

105 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

To scale

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Tyrannotitan: about 13 m (43 ft) · Person: 1.8 m (6 ft)Silhouette: typical theropod shape

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