Volkheimeria chubutensis Bonaparte 1979 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

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

Belongs to Volkheimeria according to P. Upchurch et al. 2004

See also Bonaparte 1979, Bonaparte 1979, Bonaparte 1981, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1986, Bonaparte 1999, Escapa et al. 2008, McIntosh 1990, Novas 1997, Salgado and Coria 2005, Souto and Fernandes 2017, Taquet 1986 and Wilson 2002

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVL 4077, a partial skeleton. Its type locality is 1 km east of Cerro Cóndor, which is in a Toarcian fluvial-lacustrine tuff in the Cañadón Asfalto Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at 1 km east of Cerro Cóndor

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