Volkheimeria
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Volkheimeria |
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Extinct (fossil)
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V. chubutensis |
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 Jose Bonaparte in 1979.