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Rebbachisauridae

Tataouinea

Generic sauropod body-plan outline
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Tataouinea 14 m (46 ft) long
as long as 8 people standing fingertip to fingertip
generic sauropod body plan, scaled to length — not a silhouette of Tataouinea
Length
14 m (46 ft)
Period
Early Cretaceous (113–100.5 Mya)
Place
Tunisia
Food
Herbivore
Clade
Rebbachisauridae

Tataouinea is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur in the subfamily Rebbachisaurinae of Rebbachisauridae which lived in the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia. Only one species, T. hannibalis, is known.

What we know

  • Named by Fanti et al., 2013.
  • Body length estimated at about 14 m.
  • Fossils found in Tunisia.

What we guess

The reconstruction notes for Tataouinea — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.