Euhelopodidae

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Euhelopodidae
Euhelopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sauropsida
Superorder: Dinosauria
Order: Saurischia
Suborder: Sauropodomorpha
Infraorder: Sauropoda
Family: Euhelopodidae
Genera

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.

[edit] 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.
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