Volkheimeria Bonaparte 1979 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: J. F. Bonaparte. 1979. Dinosaurs: a Jurassic assemblage from Patagonia. Science 205:1377-1378

Parent taxon: Gravisauria according to O. W. M. Rauhut et al. 2020

See also Bonaparte 1979, Bonaparte 1980, Bonaparte 1981, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1999, Bonaparte and Coria 1993, Carroll 1988, Dong 1998, Mannion et al. 2013, McIntosh 1990, McIntosh 1990, Salgado and Coria 2005, Upchurch 1995, Upchurch et al. 2004, Upchurch and Martin 2003 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: Amygdalodon, Barapasaurus, Cetiosaurus, Eusauropoda, Spinophorosaurus, Tazoudasaurus, Vulcanodontidae

Subtaxa: Volkheimeria chubutensis

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Type: Volkheimeria chubutensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at 1 km east of Cerro Cóndor (Jurassic of Argentina)

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