Euhelopodidae

Taxobox
name = Euhelopodidae


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Euhelopus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
superordo = Dinosauria
ordo = Saurischia
subordo = Sauropodomorpha
infraordo = Sauropoda
familia = Euhelopodidae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision ="Euhelopus"
? "Protognathosaurus"
? "Tienshanosaurus"
...

Euhelopodidae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs which includes the genus "Euhelopus". The family name was first proposed by American paleontologist Alfred Sherwood Romer in 1956. The four genera "Chiayusaurus" "Omeisaurus" "Tienshanosaurus", and "Euhelopus" were the original proposed euhelopodines (subfamily Euhelopodinae). Other Chinese genera, such as "Mamenchisaurus", used to be placed within this family.

References

* Romer, A.S. (1956). "Osteology of the Reptiles". University of Chicago Press 1-772.
* Royo-Torres, R., Cobos, A. and Alcala, L. (2006). "A giant European dinosaur and a new sauropod clade". "Science" 314: 1925-1927.