Volkheimeria

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Volkheimeria Fossil range: Late Jurassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Sauropsida Superorder: Dinosauria Order: Saurischia Suborder: Sauropodomorpha Infraorder: Sauropoda Family: Brachiosauridae Genus: Volkheimeria Bonaparte, 1979
Species
V. chubutensis Bonaparte, 1979 (type)

Volkheimeria (meaning "of Volkhiemer") was a brachiosaurid 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 José Bonaparte in 1979.

[edit] References

• Volkheimeria in the Dinosaur Encyclopaedia at Dino Russ's Lair.