Genus
Valid Extinct

Tataouinea

Fanti et al. 2013

Tataouinea is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur in the subfamily Rebbachisaurinae of Rebbachisauridae which lived in the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia. Only one species, T. hannibalis, is known.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
1
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Tataouinea
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Preserved elements of Tataouinea hannibalis (ONM DT 1–48). A, quarry map showing the orientation of collected elements. B, field photograph of the elements collected at the end of 2011, and C, of elements collected in 2013. Ca, caudal vertebra 1–17; S, sacral vertebra 1–5; r il, right ilium; l il, left ilium. © Federico Fanti, Andrea Cau, Luigi Cantelli, Mohsen Hassine, Marco Auditore · CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
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Saurischia Unranked clade
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Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
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Massopoda Unranked clade
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Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
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Sauropoda Unranked clade
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Gravisauria Unranked clade
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Eusauropoda Unranked clade
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Neosauropoda Unranked clade
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Diplodocoidea Unranked clade
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Diplodocimorpha Unranked clade
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Rebbachisauridae Unranked clade
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Khebbashia Unranked clade
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Rebbachisaurinae Unranked clade
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Tataouinea Genus
Measurements
Length
15 m ⓘ
Tataouinea hannibalis
Mass
6 400 kg ⓘ
Tataouinea hannibalis
Fossil sites 1 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇳 Tunisia
1
Geological formations
Aïn el Guettar
1
Temporal distribution
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
1
Species (1)
Tataouinea hannibalis 113 Ma
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
F. Fanti, A. Cau, and M. Hassine, M. Contessi. 2013. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia with extreme avian-like pneumatization. Nature Communications 4:2080: 1-7 DOI ↗
Bibliography (1)
F. Fanti, A. Cau, and M. Hassine, M. Contessi. 2013. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia with extreme avian-like pneumatization. Nature Communications 4:2080: 1-7 DOI ↗