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.
Facts
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) |