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TYRANNOTITAN
(tie-ran-no-tie-tan)
meaning: "Tyrant titan"
Tyrannotitan
Named By: Novas et al. 2005
Time Period: Early Cretaceous, 118 Ma
Location: Argentina, Chubut Province - Cerro Barcino Formation
Size: Estimated at 12.2 meters long
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Fragmentary skull and mandible (lower jaw), teeth and partial post cranial skeleton
Classification: | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosaur | Saurischia | Theropoda | Carcharodontosauridae |
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Tyrannotitan is a genus of huge bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the carcharodontosaurid family from the Aptian stage of the early Cretaceous period, discovered in Argentina. It is closely related to other giant predators like Carcharodontosaurus and especially Giganotosaurus as well as Mapusaurus. The name means "Tyrant titan".

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