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Abstract
The basal sauropod Tazoudasaurus naimi from the late Early Jurassic of Morocco is represented by at least ten juvenile to adult individuals. Over the past seven years, the Toundoute continental series of Ouarzazate Province, a lateral equivalent of the Azilal and Wazzant Formations of the central High Atlas mountains (Toarcian to Early Aalenian age), produced over 600 skeletal elements pertaining to Tazoudasaurus. About a fifth of the available material has been prepared and studied. Except for the skull, the osteology of Tazoudasaurus is completely known. Superb preservation and the abundance of osteological data from the presently known Tazoudasaurus individuals make it possible to provide a detailed skeletal reconstruction for the first time.
Acknowledgements
This study has been supported by the National Geographic Society (Grants 7789-05 and 8186-07), the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Morocco, the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie and the Fondation des Treilles. The Natural History Museum of Marrakech has been especially supportive and helpful. We thank Emilie Lang for her comments and improvement of this article, Florent Goussard for the weight estimation of Tazoudasaurus, P. Loubry for photographs and P. Richir, T. Vacant, M. M'Ghari, M. Rochdy and A. Faskaoune for the preparation of the material. Special thanks also to the members of the DinoAtlas Project and to Nour-Eddine Jalil and the steering committee of NAVEP1.
