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Tyrannotitan chubutensis

Reptilia - Carcharodontosauridae

Taxonomy
Tyrannotitan chubutensis was named by Novas et al. (2005). Its type specimen is MPEF-PV 1156, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Juanita Estancia, Pablo site, which is in an Albian terrestrial horizon in the Cerro Barcino Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Tyrannotitan chubutensis Novas et al. p. 169
2005Tyrannotitan chubutensis Novas et al. pp. 226-227 figs. 1-2
2006Tyrannotitan chubutensis Coria and Currie p. 109
2007Tyrannotitan chubutensis Brusatte and Sereno p. 904
2008Tyrannotitan chubutensis Sereno et al. p. 4
2012Tyrannotitan chubutensis Carrano et al. p. 245
2013Tyrannotitan chubutensis Canale et al.
2014Tyrannotitan chubutensis Canale et al. p. 6
2014Tyrannotitan chubutensis Dalman p. 161
2019Tyrannotitan chubutensis Brougham et al. p. 14
2022Tyrannotitan chubutensis Mateus and Estraviz-López p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
RankNameAuthor
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
superfamilyAllosauroidea
familyCarcharodontosauridae
subfamilyCarcharodontosaurinae
tribeGiganotosauriniBrusatte and Sereno 2008
genusTyrannotitan
specieschubutensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Tyrannotitan chubutensis Novas et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. E. Novas et al. 2005Teeth with bilobate denticles on rostral carina, deep mental groove on dentary, posterior dorsal vertebrae with strongly developed ligament scars on neural spines.
M. T. Carrano et al. 2012Allosauroid with: (1) bilobate denticles on anterior carinae of teeth; and (2) very pronounced mental groove on lateral surface of dentary (all from Novas et al. 2005).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: hydroxyapatiteo
Entire body: yeso
Adult length: 10 to < 100o
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10o
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10o
Architecture: compact or denseo
Ontogeny: accretion, modification of partso
Grouping: solitaryo
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: carnivoreo
Reproduction: oviparouso
Dispersal: direct/internalo
Dispersal 2: mobileo
Created: 2004-12-14 12:50:08
Modified: 2004-12-14 14:50:08
Source: o = order
Reference: Marsh 1875

Age range: Albian or 113.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Argentina (Chubut) Theropoda indet. (type locality: 38529) Tyrannotitan chubutensis (162466)