Volkheimeria

Field photograph to come

DV-0261Cañadón Asfalto Fm., Argentina

Volkheimeria

DV-0261 · type species Volkheimeria chubutensis

Lived
183 to 180 million years ago, Early Jurassic
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Argentina
Named by
Bonaparte 1979

Field notes

About Volkheimeria

Volkheimeria was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Early Jurassic, 183 to 180 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 1 find of Volkheimeria, from Argentina. Its fossils come from the Cañadón Asfalto Formation. It was named by Bonaparte in 1979.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

1 find

180 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Gravisauria.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: J. F. Bonaparte. 1979. Dinosaurs: a Jurassic assemblage from Patagonia. Science 205:1377-1378