Tute is an aegyptosaurus, a descendant of the dinosaur race which inhabited Egyptus long ago. Dressed in the traditional clothing of his people, in turn adopted from the alien Scarabs, he works as a freelance treasure hunter. Teggs met and befriended him at space camp, and many years later. Tute space-mailed Teggs to inform him that he'd discovered an ancient T. rex pyramid. Teggs, accompanied by Arx, Gipsy, and Iggy, came to Sphinx II, where he introduced the Sauropod crew to Tute.