page_title: Tataouinea
section_title: Discovery and naming
hierarchical_section_title: Tataouinea / Discovery and naming
caption_attribution_description: English: Preserved elements of Tataouinea hannibalis (ONM DT 1–48). A, quarry map showing the orientation of collected elements. B, field photograph of the elements collected at the end of 2011, and C, of elements collected in 2013. Ca, caudal vertebra 1–17; S, sacral vertebra 1–5; r il, right ilium; l il, left ilium.
context_page_description: Tataouinea is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur in the subfamily Rebbachisaurinae of Rebbachisauridae which lived in the Early Cretaceous Tunisia. Only one species, T. hannibalis, is known.
context_section_description: The first known elements of the holotype were discovered in 2011 by Aldo Luigi Bacchetta but he was unable to excavate the specimen until 2012. The remains were subsequently studied by Federico Fanti, Andrea Cau, Mohsen Hassine and Michela Contessi. The genus was named in 2013 and in 2015, more material of the holotype specimen was uncovered after the initial description were analysed. These included additional tail vertebrae.
caption: Type specimen in situ
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