Euhelopus

Taxobox
name = "Euhelopus"
status = fossil
fossil_range = Late Jurassic


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia = Euhelopodidae
genus = "Euhelopus"
binomial = "Euhelopus zdanskyi"
binomial_authority = Wiman, 1929

"Euhelopus" was a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian stage, around 150 million years ago). It lived in what is now Shandong Province in China. A large herbivore, it weighed approximately 20 tons.

Discovery and Species

It was originally named "Helopus", meaning "Marsh Foot" by Wiman in 1929, but this name already belonged to a bird. It was renamed "Euhelopus" in 1956 by Romer. There is a plant genus (a grass) with the same generic name. However, a genus in one kingdom (biology) is allowed to bear a name that is in use as a genus name in another kingdom, and the name "Euhelopus" has been allowed. The type species is "Euhelopus zdanskyi". The type material is in the Paleontological Museum of Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.

References

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External links

* [http://www.dinoruss.com/de_4/5a6c227.htm "Euhelopus" in The Dinosaur Encyclopaedia] at Dino Russ' Lair