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VOLKHEIMERIA
(volk-heim-er)
meaning: "after Wolfgang Volkheimer"
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 |
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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.

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