The two, new for 2025 Haolonggood Euhelopus figures will be in stock at Everything Dinosaur soon.  Both the brown and grey coloured versions will be arriving at the company’s warehouse shortly.  These replicas of an Early Cretaceous sauropod are in 1:35 scale.

The new for 2025 Haolonggood Euhelopus dinosaur models.

Haolonggood Euhelopus Figures

These models measure twenty-six and a half centimetres in length.  Those majestic heads are approximately eighteen and a half centimetres off the ground.  Everything Dinosaur supplies a free fact sheet on Euhelopus.

A majestic, grey-coloured Haolonggood Euhelopus dinosaur model (Yang Chun).

To view the extensive range of Haolonggood models in stock at Everything Dinosaur: Haolonggood Prehistoric Animal Models.

Euhelopus fossils are known from Lower Cretaceous deposits from the Chinese coastal province of Shandong. It had a disproportionately long neck, and its forelimbs were longer than its hindlimbs, giving this sauropod a sloping back.  Size estimates vary.  For example, the Everything Dinosaur Euhelopus fact sheet cites a body weight range from 3, 500 kilograms to 15,000 kilograms.

The Term “Comb. nov.“

In 1929, Swedish palaeontologist Carl Wiman originally described and named the dinosaur Helopus, meaning “Marsh Foot.” He derived the name from the Greek words helos (meaning swamp), and pous (meaning foot). Therefore, the dinosaur’s name references both the marshy site where the fossils were discovered and Swedish swamp shoes that, according to Wiman, resembled the animal’s wide feet. However, the name Helopus was already in use for a bird species, as the Caspian tern had been named Helopus caspius.  The Latin term “comb. nov.” is associated with the Euhelopus taxon.  This stands for “Combinatio nova“, reflecting the fact that the formal, binomial name for this dinosaur was a new scientific name created from a pre-existing name for this animal.

Two colour variants of the Euhelopus will be available. The figure (left) is the brown-coloured Euhelopus Jiang Jing. Yang Chun the grey-coloured Euhelopus is on the right.

Mike from Everything Dinosaur commented:

“It is wonderful to have a Chinese company making models of Chinese dinosaurs.  We are looking forward to getting these two fabulous sauropod figures into stock.”

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