Tataouinea

Field photograph to come

DV-0870Aïn el Guettar Fm., Tunisia

Tataouinea

DV-0870

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

1 find

105 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

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