Euhelopus

Euhelopus

Pronunciation:
yoo-hel-oh-pus
Name meaning:
'1 marsh foot'
Euhelopus
sauropod silhouette
Type of dinosaur:
sauropod
Length:
10.0m
Diet:
herbivorous herbivorous food icon
When it lived:
Late Jurassic, 154-142 million years ago
Found in:
China

Euhelopus is known from a skull and partial postcranial skeletons.

Taxonomic details

Taxonomy:
Dinosauria, Saurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Sauropoda, Eusauropoda
Named by:
Wiman (1929)
Type species:
zdanskyi

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