Genus: Tataouinea FANTI, CAU, HASSINE & CONTESSI, 2013
Etymology: In reference to the Tataouine Governorate, Tunisia.

Species: hannibalis FANTI, CAU, HASSINE & CONTESSI, 2013
Etymology: In honor of Hannibal Barca (247-183 BC), Carthaginian military commander who marched an army including war elephans across Southern Europe.

Holotype: ONM DT 1-36

Locality: Jebel el Mra, southern Tunisia.

Horizon:Oum ed Diab Member, Ain el Guettar Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Early Albian Stage, Middle Gallic Subepoch, Late Early Cretaceous Epoch, Late Early Cretaceous.

Material: Sacrum, the five anteriormost caudal vertebrae, both ilia and both ischia.