恐龍卡第 1758 張，共 2 027 張

Tataouinea

名字的意思： “from the Tataouine region of Tunisia”1

吃：植物長脖子恐龍白堊紀早期

Tataouinea was a long-necked sauropod dinosaur that lived in what is now Tunisia. It had a very light skeleton with air-filled bones, just like a bird. This dinosaur was one of the most complete skeletons ever found in northern Africa.1 2

生存年代

113 到 100 百萬年前4

白堊紀早期

化石發現地

Jebel El Mra, Tataouine Governorate, southern Tunisia1 2

長度

10 m (33 ft)3

高度

2.5 m (8.2 ft)1

最高速度

時速約 15 公里（9 英里）

跑步, 估計值

牠生活在什麼時候？

三疊紀

侏羅紀

白堊紀

2 億 5200 萬年前20114566，小行星撞地球

牠有多大？

牠有多長？

牠有多高？

跟 2 台汽車排成一排一樣長跟 56 根香蕉頭尾相接一樣長能在 24 秒內跑完 100 公尺（最快的人類要 9.6 秒）

Tataouinea 跟「你」比起來有多大？

只是在你的瀏覽器裡算算數學。什麼都不會被儲存或傳送出去。

牠有多快？

走路的人 時速約 5 公里 (3 mph)

騎腳踏車的小朋友 時速約 12 公里 (7 mph)

Tataouinea 時速約 15 公里 (9 mph)

一匹飛奔的馬 時速約 65 公里 (40 mph)

一隻獵豹 時速約 100 公里 (62 mph)

酷東西

趣味知識

Tataouinea had air-filled bones, a feature called pneumatisation, which made its skeleton lighter and stronger.1 2

Its hip bone, the ischium, had a hole for air sacs, something never seen before in a non-bird dinosaur.2

The left side of its backbone had more air pockets than the right side, showing an uneven pattern of pneumatisation.2

Tataouinea lived in a swampy estuary environment alongside giant crocodile-like animals such as Sarcosuchus and the fish Mawsonia.1 2

Its tail had a gap in the air pockets from the 7th to the 13th vertebra, then shallow pits appeared again in the 14th to 16th vertebrae.2

The first fossils of Tataouinea were found in 2011 by a geologist, but they were badly damaged by vandals after being taken to a museum.2

Scientists think Tataouinea is closely related to Rebbachisaurus and Nigersaurus, other long-necked sauropods from Africa.1 2

Tataouinea 的 AI 繪圖 — 這是電腦根據科學家目前的知識，用 AI 畫出 Tataouinea 可能的樣子。這只是猜測：真正的動物可能長得不一樣，也沒有人知道牠真正的顏色。

你們都在問

關於 Tataouinea 最常被問的問題

?How big was Tataouinea?

About 14 metres (46 feet) long and about 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) tall at the hips, based on comparisons with similar sauropods.1

?Did Tataouinea have feathers?

No, Tataouinea was a sauropod dinosaur, and sauropods are not known to have had feathers.1

?What did Tataouinea eat?

As a sauropod, it was a plant-eater, eating leaves and other vegetation.1

?When did Tataouinea live?

It lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 113 to 100 million years ago.1

給恐龍專家

學名: Tataouinea
命名者: Fanti et al. 20134
類群: 長脖子恐龍
科 / 演化支: Rebbachisauridae4
分類: Sauropodomorpha > Sauropoda > Diplodocoidea4
岩石的年代: 113 到 100 百萬年 (Albian)4
岩層: Aïn el Guettar4
國家: 突尼西亞4
化石紀錄: The Paleobiology Database 收錄 1 筆4
發現: The first bones were found in 2011 by Aldo Luigi Bacchetta in Tunisia. Scientists Federico Fanti, Andrea Cau, Mohsen Hassine and Michela Contessi named it Tataouinea hannibalis in 2013.1 2
仍有爭議: Scientists are still debating exactly which group of rebbachisaurid sauropods Tataouinea belongs to, and whether it is more closely related to African or South American species.3 2