Euhelopus Euhelopus zdanskyi (Wiman 1929)
/jˈuːhɪlˌɑːpəs/
estimated
Early Cretaceous (Valanginian) · 143.1–132.6 Mya
Key Statistics
Diet
herbivore
Locomotion
quadrupedal
inferred from clade
Habitat
ground-dwelling
Social
herding
Where It Was Found
Country
China
Region
Shandong
Formation
Mengyin
Dig sites
2
distinct collections
Overview
Euhelopus zdanskyi is a sauropodomorph dinosaur known from the Early Cretaceous, roughly 143.1–132.6 million years ago. It was a herbivore. It is recorded as ground-dwelling and herding. Fossils have been recovered from Shandong, China. It was named by (Wiman 1929). The species is represented by 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Fossil Record Completeness
How much of this profile is grounded in the fossil record
~8%
confidence from occurrence count
Based on 2 recorded occurrences in the Paleobiology Database.
Geologic Time
Where Euhelopus zdanskyi sits in deep time
Euhelopus
252 Mya201 Mya145 Mya66 Mya
Relationships
Part of a wider fossil web
These species share Euhelopus zdanskyi's place in deep time — computed from overlapping age ranges, shared clades, and inferred ecology. Predator–prey pairs additionally have to have been dug up in the same place.