Tyrannotitan chubutensis

 

 

Published

25 August 2022

Last Updated

25 August 2022

During the Early Cretaceous period, approximately 120 million years ago in what is now the Chubut Province of Argentina, an enormous predatory theropod named Tyrannotitan chubutensis made its presence known.


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Period Cretaceous (Aptian stage)
Age 120 million years old
Diet Carnivore
Height 4 metres at the hips
Length 12 metres
Weight 6 tonnes
Discovered at Paso de Indios, Chubut, Argentina (2005)
Discovered by Fernando Novas et al (holotype MEF)

 

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