Euhelopus
genus · Romer 1956 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 5 fossil sites · 3 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous
143.1–100.5 million years ago
Found where
1 country
3 rock formations
Fossil record
5 sites
5 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 43 million years, from 143.1 to 100.5 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 100.5 million years old — that is roughly 335 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Euhelopus was named in 1956 (Romer 1956) — 70 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 3 named rock formations.
- 5 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).