Tyrannotitan

tyrant titan

• tyrannos · Greek · tyrant
• titan · Greek · giant (the Titans of Greek myth)

The name combines the Greek "tyrannos" (tyrant) with "Titan", the giant gods of Greek mythology. It was chosen to convey a huge, tyrannical predator. Tyrannotitan was a large carnosaur, a carcharodontosaurid theropod, from Patagonia. It is not a close relative of tyrannosaurids.

Named by

Novas et al.

Year named

2005

Period

Early Cretaceous

Stage

Aptian

Found in

Cerro Barcino Formation, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina

A carcharodontosaurid theropod (not a tyrannosaurid), the type species being Tyrannotitan chubutensis. It is closely related to Giganotosaurus.