Volkheimeria chubutensis
You 1.8 m (5.9 ft) tall
Volkheimeria 5 m (16.4 ft) long
as long as 3 people standing fingertip to fingertip
- Length
- 5 m (16.4 ft)
- Period
- Early Jurassic (179.17–178.07 Mya)
- Place
- Argentina
- Food
- Herbivore
- Clade
- Dinosauria The clade containing all dinosaurs, terrestrial archosaurs with upright limbs.
Volkheimeria is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaurs that lived in what is now Argentina during the Early Jurassic, about 179–178 million years ago. Its type and only species is Volkheimeria chubutensis.
What we know
- Named by Bonaparte, 1979.
- Fossils found in Argentina.
What we guess
The reconstruction notes for Volkheimeria — soft tissue, color, behavior — haven't been written up yet. Only the recorded basics above are filled in so far.