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Carcharodontosauridae

Tyrannotitan tih-ranuh-TEYETUHN

"tyrant titan"

Generic theropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tyrannotitan 1.4 m (4.6 ft) long
as long as 2 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic theropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Tyrannotitan
Length
1.4 m (4.6 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (113–100.5 Mya)
Place
South America · Argentina
Food
Carnivore
Clade
Carcharodontosauridae

Tyrannotitan (; “tyrant titan”) is a genus of large theropod dinosaur belonging to the carcharodontosaurid family. It is known from a single species, T. chubutensis, which lived during the Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous period in what is now Argentina. Tyrannotitan is considered to share a close relationship with other prominent South American carcharodontosaurids such as Giganotosaurus and Mapusaurus. Unlike its relatives, it was bulkier and more robust. This taxon is known from two specimens, both of which are highly incomplete.

What we know

  • Named by Novas et al., 2005.
  • Body length estimated at about 1.4 m.
  • Fossils found in South America and Argentina.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Tyrannotitan — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.