Zdansky's True-Marsh-Foot

Euhelopus zdanskyi

(Romer, 1956)
 

    Euhelopus zdanski, a chinese sauropod, is quite similar in habits to Brachiosaurus in North America.  Although not as large as Brachiosaurus (E. zdanski is about 10 meters long compared to Brachiosaurus's 22 meters), E. zdanski fills the same ecological niche as the North American sauropod.  Both are treetop browsers, with long necks, spoon-shaped teeth for plucking leaves and pine needles, high nostrils, and large forelimbs.

Other sites containing pertinent information:

• T. Mike Keesey's Euhelopuspage.
• The Complete Dinosaur edited by James O. Farlow and M.K. Brett-Surman, published in 1997 by Indiana University Press.
• Dinosaur Encyclopedia, by Don Lessem and Donald Glut, published 1993 by Random House