is a kaiju who first appeared in Toho's 1975 film Terror of Mechagodzilla. Overview In Terror of Mechagodzilla, a mad scientist named Shinzo Mafune (Akihiko Hirata) discovers the Titanosaurus. He also claims that he possesses the ability to control the mind of the creature. Considered insane, he loses his academic credentials and is cast out from the scientific community. Quickly descending into madness, Mafune is able to gain control of Titanosaurus and joins forces with the Black Hole Aliens; the monster is used as the guardian of the destroyed Mechagodzilla's remains; an attack by Titanosaurus on a submarine sent to investigate the remains opens up the film. Dr. Mafune aids in the rebuilding and reconstruction of Mechagodzilla 2, and with both monsters under control, begins his revenge on humanity. After a lengthy battle across the Kantō region, Mechagodzilla 2 is destroyed by Godzilla, who then hits Titanosaurus with a blast of his atomic ray. Having already been left disoriented by the sonic wave gun of the humans, a dazed Titanosaurus then falls off a cliff into the ocean. Whether he survives or not is unknown. Titanosaurus has not appeared in any films since, although he briefly appeared as stock footage in the opening credits of the 2004 Millennium film Godzilla: Final Wars as one of many monsters that arose from the devastation brought by the World Wars. Titanosaurus is 60 meters (196 feet) tall and weighs 30,000 metric tons (33,069 short tons). Titanosaurus makes a brief appearance in Godzilla: Project Mechagodzilla, a prequel novel to Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle. In the novel humanity had caught several Titanosauruses in the Pacific Ocean and managed to control them. They were deployed to fight Godzilla in 2044, but they were all defeated by Godzilla. Though Titanosaurus does not appear in Godzilla Singular Point, a new iteration of Godzilla known as Godzilla Aquatilis shares several design traits with Titanosaurus. These include a reddish coloration, antennae, and a fish-like tail. Design Titanosaurus shares its name with a real dinosaur taxa, though they do not share much beyond nomenclature; Titanosaurus' design is more reminiscent of spinosaurs, such as Spinosaurus or Suchomimus, as it shares the same aquatic adaptations, crocodile-like snout and sports a sail-like fin emerging from the dorsal side of his back, like the humps or spines of a spinosaur except for a fish-like tail. Originally, Titanosaurus was going to be two