Tyrannotitan chubutensis

† Tyrannotitan chubutensis is the type species of Tyrannotitan, a massive carcharodontosaurid representing the early radiation of these giant Gondwanan predators. Its fossils from Argentina document the establishment of large-bodied carcharodontosaurid lineages.

Diet & Feeding

Carnivore

Tyrannotitan chubutensis was a meat-eating predator. Carnivorous dinosaurs were active hunters or scavengers, equipped with sharp teeth and claws for catching and consuming prey. They occupied the top of the food chain in their ecosystems.

Time Period

Cretaceous Early Mesozoic Era

Tyrannotitan chubutensis lived during the Cretaceous Early period of the Mesozoic Era, approximately 145.0 to 100.5 million years ago.

The Cretaceous saw continued dinosaur evolution with the rise of ornithopods and early ceratopsians. Flowering plants first appeared and began to transform terrestrial ecosystems. Spinosaurus and other large theropods lived during this time.