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project: DINOSAURIA
specimen 073
EUHELOPUS ZDANSKYI
"Otto Zdansky's True Marsh Foot"
Romer, 1956 (originally Helopus Wiman, 1929)
Length: 15m (50ft)
Weight: 15 tonnes (16.5 tons)
Location: Shandong, China
Era: Aptian age, lower Cretaceous (112 million years ago)
Classification:
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Anchisauria
Sauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli
Euhelopidae
Notes:
Originally named Helopus ("Marsh Foot") by Wiman in 1929, it was later realized that this name was already taken by a type of bird. Romer renamed it Euhelopus ("True Marsh Foot") in 1956--however, it is interesting to note that this too was already in use by a type of grass, but the rules that dictate naming allow for a name to be reused provided the two are not of the same biological kingdom, so Euhelopus is allowed to remain the name of this animal.
specimen 073
EUHELOPUS ZDANSKYI
"Otto Zdansky's True Marsh Foot"
Romer, 1956 (originally Helopus Wiman, 1929)
Length: 15m (50ft)
Weight: 15 tonnes (16.5 tons)
Location: Shandong, China
Era: Aptian age, lower Cretaceous (112 million years ago)
Classification:
Dinosauria
Saurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Anchisauria
Sauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli
Euhelopidae
Notes:
Originally named Helopus ("Marsh Foot") by Wiman in 1929, it was later realized that this name was already taken by a type of bird. Romer renamed it Euhelopus ("True Marsh Foot") in 1956--however, it is interesting to note that this too was already in use by a type of grass, but the rules that dictate naming allow for a name to be reused provided the two are not of the same biological kingdom, so Euhelopus is allowed to remain the name of this animal.
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So, Euhelopus is also the name of a grass, interesting, I know another Dinosaur that shares it name with a plant, the Gastonia, there is a plant nammed G. cutispongia. 