Tyrannotitan Tyrannotitan chubutensis Novas et al. 2005
/tɪˌrænəˈtaɪtən/
Early Cretaceous (Albian) · 113.2–100.5 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
carnivore
Locomotion
bipedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
solitary
Where It Was Found
Country
Argentina
Region
Chubut
Formation
Cerro Barcino
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Tyrannotitan chubutensis is a theropod dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 113.2–100.5 million years ago. It was a carnivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and solitary. Fossils have been recovered from Chubut, Argentina. It was named by Novas et al. 2005. The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Tyrannotitan chubutensis sits in deep time
Tyrannotitan
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Tyrannotitan chubutensis's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.