Named By: | Jose Bonaparte in 1979 |
Time Period: | Middle Jurassic, 160 Ma |
Location: | Argentina, Chubut Province - Canadon Asfalto Formation |
Size: | Uncertain due to lack of remains |
Diet: | Herbivore |
Fossil(s): | Partial post cranial remains including vertebrae, pelvis and hindlimb |
Classification: | | Chordata | Reptilia | Dinosauria | Saurischia | Sauropodomorpha | Sauropoda | Brachiosauridae | |
Volkheimeria (meaning "of Volkheimer") was an eusauropod sauropod dinosaur. It lived during the Middle Jurassic, approximately 160 million years ago. Fossils of Volkheimeria have been found in Argentina. The type (and only known) species, V. chubutensis, was described by Jose Bonaparte in 1979.