Tataouinea Fanti et al. 2013 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia - Rebbachisauridae

Full reference: F. Fanti, A. Cau, M. Hassine and M. Contessi. 2013. A new sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia with extreme avian-like pneumatization. Nature Communications 4:2080: 1-7

Parent taxon: Rebbachisaurinae according to P. D. Mannion and A. J. Moore 2025

See also Fanti et al. 2013, Fanti et al. 2015, Fanti et al. 2016, Ibiricu et al. 2015, Lerzo et al. 2024 and Mannion et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Demandasaurus, Itapeuasaurus, Nigersaurus, Rebbachisaurus, Rebbachisaurus tamesnensis

Subtaxa: Tataouinea hannibalis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel El Mra (Cretaceous of Tunisia)

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