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: Nigersaurinae according to P. D. Mannion et al. 2019

See also Fanti et al. 2013, Fanti et al. 2015, Fanti et al. 2016 and Ibiricu et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Demandasaurus, Itapeuasaurus, Nigersaurus, Rebbachisaurus

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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