Euhelopus
Field photograph to come
Euhelopus
DV-0183
- Lived
- 143 to 133 million years ago, Early Cretaceous
- Diet
- Herbivore
- Length
- about 10 m (33 ft)
- Group
- Sauropods, Euhelopodidae
- Found in
- China
- Named by
- Romer 1956
Field notes
About Euhelopus
Euhelopus was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Cretaceous, 143 to 133 million years ago. It belongs to the family Euhelopodidae.
The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Euhelopus, from China. Its fossils come from the Mengyin Formation. It was named by Romer in 1956.
The evidence
Where its fossils were found
Today
140 million years ago
To scale
How big was Euhelopus?
Close relatives
Other members of Euhelopodidae.
Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: A. S. Romer. 1956. Osteology of the Reptiles, University of Chicago Press