Tataouinea
Field photograph to come
Tataouinea
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- Lived
- 113 to 101 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Group
- Sauropods, Rebbachisauridae
- Found in
- Tunisia
- Named by
- Fanti et al. 2013
Field notes
About Tataouinea
Tataouinea was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 113 to 101 million years ago. It belongs to the family Rebbachisauridae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Tataouinea, from Tunisia. Its fossils come from the Aïn el Guettar Formation. It was named by Fanti et al. in 2013.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
105 million years ago
Lived alongside
Found in the same rock formations.
Close relatives
Other members of Rebbachisauridae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: 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