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sharp-clawed runner
Tyrannotitan
Say it like this: “tie-RAN-oh-tie-tan”
Tyrannotitan chubutensis
Tyrannotitan ate meat and walked on two legs. It lived in the Early Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Argentina.
- When
- Early Cretaceous (Albian) · roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago
- Named in
- 2005 · Novas, F. E.; de Valais, S.; Vickers-Rich, P.; Rich, T.
- Hip height
- 2.9 m · 10 ft
- Length
- 11.6 m · 38 ft
- Weight
- 6–7.4 tonnes
- Found in
- Argentina · Cerro Barcino
- Food and walking
- Carnivore · Two legs
- Kind
- sharp-clawed runner · Theropod
- Family branch
- Carcharodontosaurinae
The story in short
In 2005, F. E. Novas and colleagues published the name Tyrannotitan. The name means “tyrant titan.”
It lived in the Early Cretaceous (Albian), roughly 113.2 to 100.5 million years ago. Finds come from Argentina, including the Cerro Barcino Formation. It was a carnivore and walked on two legs.
Published estimates put Tyrannotitan at a length near 11.6 m, hips about 2.9 m high, and a body mass around 6–7.4 tonnes.
On the family tree it sits in Carcharodontosaurinae, among the theropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Carcharodontosaurus
Carcharodontosaurus saharicus
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Giganotosaurus
Giganotosaurus carolinii
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Mapusaurus
Mapusaurus roseae
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian · Turonian) · roughly 100.5 to 89.8 million years ago