Unranked clade
Valid Extinct

Euhelopodidae

euhelopodid
(Romer 1956)

Euhelopodidae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs of disputed membership and affinities, which contains Euhelopus and its close relatives. Most proposed euhelopodids are from East Asia.

Temporal range
Triassic
Jurassic
Cretaceous
Paleogene
Neogene
252 201 145 66 0 Ma
PBDB occurrences
38
Group
Dinosaures
Herbivore Ground dwelling, gregarious Terrestrial
Euhelopodidae
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Classification
Dinosauria Unranked clade
Saurischia Unranked clade
Sauropodomorpha Unranked clade
Massopoda Unranked clade
Sauropodiformes Unranked clade
Sauropoda Unranked clade
Gravisauria Unranked clade
Eusauropoda Unranked clade
Neosauropoda Unranked clade
Macronaria Unranked clade
Titanosauriformes Unranked clade
Somphospondyli Unranked clade
Euhelopodidae Unranked clade
Fossil sites 38 geolocated sites
Distribution
Top countries
🇹🇭 Thailand
18
🇨🇳 China
15
🇱🇦 Laos
2
🇰🇭 Cambodia
1
🇯🇵 Japan
1
🇲🇳 Mongolia
1
Geological formations
Mengyin
2
Yixian
2
Haoling
2
Khok Kruat
2
Grès supérieurs
2
Phu Kradung
1
Grès Supérieurs
1
Shengjinkou
1
5
1
Temporal distribution
Campanian (83.6–72.2 Ma)
1
Coniacian (89.8–85.7 Ma)
1
Turonian (93.9–89.8 Ma)
1
Albian (113.2–100.5 Ma)
8
Aptian (121.4–113.2 Ma)
5
Barremian (125.77–121.4 Ma)
18
Valanginian (137.05–132.6 Ma)
1
Berriasian (143.1–137.05 Ma)
2
Tithonian (149.2–143.1 Ma)
1
Images 1
Bibliography
Original description
A. S. Romer. 1956. Osteology of the Reptiles, University of Chicago Press
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