Volkheimeria

Volkheimeria
Temporal range:
Middle Toarcian
~179.17–178.07 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Genus: Volkheimeria
Bonaparte, 1979
Species:
V. chubutensis
Binomial name
Volkheimeria chubutensis
Bonaparte, 1979

Volkheimeria is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaurs that lived in what is now Argentina during the Early Jurassic, 178–179 million years ago. Its type and only species is Volkheimeria chubutensis.