Dinosaurs · Large theropod

Tyrannotitan

Say it tie-RAN-oh-tie-tan. The name means ‘tyrant titan’.

Tyrannotitan beside a person 1.75 m tall. Ticks mark every metre.Body shape drawn for this site, showing the general build of large theropods

Length: 12 m
Weight: 7 tonnes
Diet: Meat-eater
Walked: On two legs
When: Early Cretaceousabout 101 million years ago
Fossils found in: Argentina
Named by: Novas, Valais, Vickers-Rich and Rich (2005)
Family tree: Dinosauria › Saurischia › Theropoda › Carcharodontosauridae

Where Tyrannotitan sits in the age of dinosaurs.Periods from the ICS chart; dinosaur dates from the Natural History Museum

Large theropods. Big two-legged meat-eaters, such as Tyrannosaurus. See all 63

Lived at the same time

Other large theropods

Giganotosaurus Late Cretaceous
Achillobator Late Cretaceous
Carcharodontosaurus Late Cretaceous
Deltadromeus Late Cretaceous
Garudimimus Late Cretaceous
Mapusaurus Late Cretaceous
Spinosaurus Late Cretaceous
Segnosaurus Late Cretaceous

Source: Tyrannotitan in the Natural History Museum Dino Directory, read 12 November 2026. Sizes are the museum's estimates for a typical adult. "Lived at the same time" lists dinosaurs whose dates overlap, which does not always mean they met.