Dinosaur: Volkheimeria chubutensis
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Length*: | 8.7 m | 28.5 ft |
Weight*: | 4 tons | 8,818 lb |
*The largest known specimen
Period
Epoch: Early Jurassic
Stage: Toarcian
Details
Status: valid
Autor: Bonaparte
Year: 1979
Area: South America
Country: Argentina
Region: Chubut
Formation: Cañadón Asfalto
Other
Material: Vertebrae, pelvis elements, limb bones and other fragments.
References: Holwerda, F.M., Pol, D. (2018). Phylogenetic analysis of Gondwanan basal eusauropods from the Early-Middle Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina.
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