Euhelopus, the Glossary
Euhelopus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur that lived between 145 and 133 million years ago during the Berriasian and Valanginian stages of the Early Cretaceous in what is now Shandong Province in China.[1]
Table of Contents
62 relations: Alfred Romer, Aptian, Articular process, Autapomorphy, Barremian, Berriasian, Brachiosauridae, Camarasauridae, Camarasaurus, Carl Wiman, Caspian tern, Cervical vertebrae, China, Chubutisaurus, Combinatio nova, Cretaceous, Ding Wenjiang, Dinosaur, Early Cretaceous, Epipophyses, Europasaurus, Galvesaurus, Genus, Gregory S. Paul, Herbivore, Holotype, Ilium (bone), Janenschia, Jeffrey A. Wilson, Johan Gunnar Andersson, Kingdom (biology), Late Jurassic, Macronaria, Mamenchisaurus, Meng-Yin Formation, Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University, Omeisaurus, Otto Zdansky, Paleontology, Pelvis, Phuwiangosaurus, Poaceae, Quadrupedalism, Sacrum, Sauropoda, Shandong, Shunosaurus, Skeletal pneumaticity, Somphospondyli, Specific name (zoology), ... Expand index (12 more) »
- Berriasian life
- Fossil taxa described in 1929
- Paleontology in Shandong
- Taxa named by Carl Wiman
- Valanginian life
Alfred Romer
Alfred Sherwood Romer (December 28, 1894 – November 5, 1973) was an American paleontologist and biologist and a specialist in vertebrate evolution.
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Aptian
The Aptian is an age in the geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column.
Articular process
The articular process or zygapophysis (+ apophysis) of a vertebra is a projection of the vertebra that serves the purpose of fitting with an adjacent vertebra.
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Autapomorphy
In phylogenetics, an autapomorphy is a distinctive feature, known as a derived trait, that is unique to a given taxon.
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Barremian
The Barremian is an age in the geologic timescale (or a chronostratigraphic stage) between 125.77 Ma (million years ago) and 121.4 ± 1.0 Ma (Historically, this stage was placed at 129.4 million to approximately 125 million years ago) It is a subdivision of the Early Cretaceous Epoch (or Lower Cretaceous Series).
Berriasian
In the geological timescale, the Berriasian is an age/stage of the Early/Lower Cretaceous.
Brachiosauridae
The Brachiosauridae ("arm lizards", from Greek brachion (βραχίων).
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Camarasauridae
Camarasauridae is a family of sauropod dinosaurs. Euhelopus and Camarasauridae are macronarians.
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Camarasaurus
Camarasaurus was a genus of quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaurs and is the most common North American sauropod fossil. Euhelopus and Camarasaurus are macronarians.
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Carl Wiman
Carl Johan Josef Ernst Wiman (March 10, 1867 – June 15, 1944) was a Swedish palaeontologist, the first professor of palaeontology and historical geology at Uppsala University, and the father of Swedish vertebrate palaeontology.
Caspian tern
The Caspian tern (Hydroprogne caspia) is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution.
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Cervical vertebrae
In tetrapods, cervical vertebrae (vertebra) are the vertebrae of the neck, immediately below the skull.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Chubutisaurus
Chubutisaurus (meaning "Chubut lizard") is a genus of somphospondylan sauropod dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous Cerro Barcino Formation (Albian) of Argentina.
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Combinatio nova
Combinatio nova, abbreviated comb.
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Cretaceous
The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).
Ding Wenjiang
Ding Wenjiang (p; March 20, 1887 – January 5, 1936), courtesy name Zaijun, was a Chinese essayist, geologist, and writer active especially in the Republic of China.
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Dinosaur
Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria.
Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name) is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.
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Epipophyses
Epipophyses are bony projections of the cervical vertebrae found in archosauromorphs, particularly dinosaurs (including some basal birds).
Europasaurus
Europasaurus (meaning 'Europe lizard') is a basal macronarian sauropod, a form of quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur.
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Galvesaurus
Galvesaurus, or Galveosaurus, (meaning "Galve lizard") is a genus of brachiosaurid sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic period. Euhelopus and Galvesaurus are macronarians.
Genus
Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.
Gregory S. Paul
Gregory Scott Paul (born December 24, 1954) is an American freelance researcher, author and illustrator who works in paleontology.
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Herbivore
A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage or marine algae, for the main component of its diet.
Holotype
A holotype is a single physical example (or illustration) of an organism used when the species (or lower-ranked taxon) was formally described.
Ilium (bone)
The ilium (ilia) is the uppermost and largest region of the coxal bone, and appears in most vertebrates including mammals and birds, but not bony fish.
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Janenschia
Janenschia (named after Werner Janensch) is a large herbivorous sauropod dinosaur from the Late Jurassic Tendaguru Formation of Lindi Region, Tanzania around 155 million years ago. Euhelopus and Janenschia are macronarians.
Jeffrey A. Wilson
Jeffrey A. Wilson, also known as JAW, is a paleontologist and professor of geological sciences and assistant curator at the Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan.
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Johan Gunnar Andersson
Johan Gunnar Andersson (3 July 1874 – 29 October 1960)"Andersson, Johan Gunnar" in The New Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Kingdom (biology)
In biology, a kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain.
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Late Jurassic
The Late Jurassic is the third epoch of the Jurassic Period, and it spans the geologic time from 161.5 ± 1.0 to 145.0 ± 0.8 million years ago (Ma), which is preserved in Upper Jurassic strata.
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Macronaria
Macronaria is a clade of sauropod dinosaurs. Euhelopus and Macronaria are macronarians.
Mamenchisaurus
Mamenchisaurus (or spelling pronunciation) is a genus of sauropod dinosaur known for their remarkably long necks which made up nearly half the total body length. Euhelopus and Mamenchisaurus are Cretaceous China, early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia and fossils of China.
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Meng-Yin Formation
The Meng-Yin or Mengyin Formation is a geological formation in Shandong, China, whose strata date back to the Berriasian and Valanginian stages of the Early Cretaceous. Euhelopus and Meng-Yin Formation are Cretaceous China and paleontology in Shandong.
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Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University
The Museum of Evolution of Uppsala University (Swedish: Evolutionsmuseet) is a natural history museum in Sweden, and holds Scandinavia's largest fossil collection of dinosaurs.
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Omeisaurus
Omeisaurus (meaning "Omei lizard") is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Middle Jurassic Period (Bathonian-Callovian stage) of what is now China.
Otto Zdansky
Otto Karl Josef ZdanskyKatharina Kniefacz // Memorial Book of National Socialism at the University of Vienna (28 November 1894, Vienna – 26 December 1988, Uppsala) was an Austrian paleontologist.
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Paleontology
Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of life that existed prior to the start of the Holocene epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).
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Pelvis
The pelvis (pelves or pelvises) is the lower part of the trunk, between the abdomen and the thighs (sometimes also called pelvic region), together with its embedded skeleton (sometimes also called bony pelvis or pelvic skeleton).
Phuwiangosaurus
Phuwiangosaurus (meaning "Phu Wiang lizard") is a genus of titanosaur dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Hauterivian) Sao Khua Formation of Thailand. Euhelopus and Phuwiangosaurus are early Cretaceous dinosaurs of Asia and macronarians.
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Poaceae
Poaceae, also called Gramineae, is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses.
Quadrupedalism
Quadrupedalism is a form of locomotion where animals have four legs are used to bear weight and move around.
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Sacrum
The sacrum (sacra or sacrums), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1S5) between ages 18 and 30.
Sauropoda
Sauropoda, whose members are known as sauropods (from sauro- + -pod, 'lizard-footed'), is a clade of saurischian ('lizard-hipped') dinosaurs.
Shandong
Shandong is a coastal province in East China.
Shunosaurus
Shunosaurus, meaning "Lizard from Sichuan", is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from Late Jurassic (Oxfordian) beds in Sichuan Province in China, from 161 to 157 Million years ago.
Skeletal pneumaticity
Skeletal pneumaticity is the presence of air spaces within bones.
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Somphospondyli
Somphospondyli is an extinct clade of titanosauriform sauropods that lived from the Late Jurassic until the end of the Late Cretaceous, comprising all titanosauriforms more closely related to Titanosauria proper than Brachiosauridae. Euhelopus and Somphospondyli are macronarians.
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Specific name (zoology)
In zoological nomenclature, the specific name (also specific epithet, species epithet, or epitheton) is the second part (the second name) within the scientific name of a species (a binomen).
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Stage (stratigraphy)
In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Tastavinsaurus
Tastavinsaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur belonging to the Titanosauriformes. Euhelopus and Tastavinsaurus are macronarians.
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Tehuelchesaurus
Tehuelchesaurus is a genus of dinosaur. Euhelopus and Tehuelchesaurus are macronarians.
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Titanosauria
Titanosaurs (or titanosaurians; members of the group Titanosauria) were a diverse group of sauropod dinosaurs, including genera from all seven continents.
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Tubercle
In anatomy, a tubercle (literally 'small tuber', Latin for 'lump') is any round nodule, small eminence, or warty outgrowth found on external or internal organs of a plant or an animal.
Type species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).
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Uppsala
Uppsala (archaically spelled Upsala) is the county seat of Uppsala County and the fourth-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm, Gothenburg, and Malmö.
Valanginian
In the geologic timescale, the Valanginian is an age or stage of the Early or Lower Cretaceous.
Vertebra
Each vertebra (vertebrae) is an irregular bone with a complex structure composed of bone and some hyaline cartilage, that make up the vertebral column or spine, of vertebrates.
Wintonotitan
Wintonotitan (meaning "Winton titan") is a genus of titanosauriform dinosaur from Cenomanian (Late Cretaceous)-age Winton Formation of Australia. Euhelopus and Wintonotitan are macronarians.
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Yang Zhongjian
Yang Zhongjian, also Yang Chung-chien (1 June 1897 – 15 January 1979), courtesy name Keqiang (克强), also known as C.C. (Chung Chien) Young, was a Chinese paleontologist and zoologist.
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See also
Berriasian life
- Akidolestes
- Algoasaurus
- Argentiniceras
- Arthropterygius
- Basilochelys
- Berriasella
- Calpionella
- Caypullisaurus
- Craspedites
- Embasaurus
- Euhelopus
- Haestasaurus
- Hahnodon
- Inosaurus
- Keilhauia
- Nannopterygius
- Owenodon
- Purbeckodon
- Shantungosuchus
- Triconodon
Fossil taxa described in 1929
- Afrosmilus
- Amphimachairodus
- Anodontosaurus
- Antarctosaurus
- Bohlinia
- Brachysuchus
- Ciliopagurus substriatiformis
- Clausotrypa
- Crassigyrinus
- Embolotherium
- Eopelobates
- Euhelopus
- Euthlastus
- Hipposaurus
- Hyperailurictis
- Kogiopsis
- Laplatasaurus
- Lithobatrachus
- Loricosaurus
- Megacamelus
- Nannocetus
- Neogaeornis
- Notiomastodon
- Paranthodon
- Parocnus
- Peraiocynodon
- Permotipula
- Pinus latahensis
- Rangea
- Sansanosmilus
- Scullya
- Sivapanthera
- Sivasmilus
- Styracocephalus
- Tanius
- Torynobelodon
- Twisted-toothed mouse
- Weinbergina
- Xenastrapotherium
Paleontology in Shandong
- Euhelopus
- Ignacius
- Jiangjunding Formation
- Meng-Yin Formation
- Micropachycephalosaurus
- Ordosemys
- Psittacosaurus
- Qingshan Group
- Shantungosuchus
- Sinamia
- Sinankylosaurus
- Sinemys
- Tanichthys
- Wangshi Group
- Xingezhuang Formation
- Zhucheng
- Zhuchengceratops
- Zhuchengtitan
- Zhuchengtyrannus
Taxa named by Carl Wiman
- Euhelopus
- Palaeeudyptes gunnari
- Peltostega
- Pessosaurus
- Sinemys
- Tanius
Valanginian life
- Algoasaurus
- Altispinax
- Baculina
- Barilium
- Calpionellites
- Craterosaurus
- Euhelopus
- Frenguelliceras
- Haestasaurus
- Hylaeosaurus
- Hypselospinus
- Inosaurus
- Iyuku
- Kinnareemimus
- Lajasvenator
- Mei long
- Mierasaurus
- Peregrinella
- Polacanthoides
- Polyptychites
- Regnosaurus
- Shantungosuchus
- Suchosaurus
- Thecospondylus
- Tietasaura
- Utahraptor
- Valdosaurus
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euhelopus
Also known as Euhelopus zdanskyi, Helopus (Wiman), Helopus zdanskyi.
, Stage (stratigraphy), Sweden, Tastavinsaurus, Tehuelchesaurus, Titanosauria, Tubercle, Type species, Uppsala, Valanginian, Vertebra, Wintonotitan, Yang Zhongjian.