Tataouinea hannibalis 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

Belongs to Tataouinea according to F. Fanti et al. 2015

See also Carvalho and Santucci 2018, Fanti et al. 2013, Fanti et al. 2016, Ibiricu et al. 2015 and Ibrahim et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ONM DT 1–36, a set of postcrania (Sacrum, the five anteriormost caudal vertebrae, both ilia, both ischia). Its type locality is Jebel El Mra, which is in an Albian estuary/bay sandstone/claystone in the Aïn el Guettar Formation of Tunisia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Jebel El Mra

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