Tyrannotitan

Tyrannotitan
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous (Albian),
Reconstructed skeleton in Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Theropoda
Family: †Carcharodontosauridae
Tribe: †Giganotosaurini
Genus: †Tyrannotitan
Novas et al., 2005
Type species
†Tyrannotitan chubutensis
Novas et al., 2005

Tyrannotitan (/tɪˌrænəˈtaɪtən/; lit. '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.

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