Volkheimeria
Field photograph to come
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
180 million years ago
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