Vahiny

Field photograph to come

DV-0908Maevarano Fm., Madagascar

Vahiny

DV-0908

Lived
72 to 66 million years ago, Late Cretaceous
Diet
Herbivore
Group
Sauropods
Found in
Madagascar
Named by
Curry Rogers and Wilson 2014

Field notes

About Vahiny

Vahiny was a plant-eating sauropod that lived in the Late Cretaceous, 72 to 66 million years ago.

The Paleobiology Database lists 2 finds of Vahiny, from Madagascar. Its fossils come from the Maevarano Formation. It was named by Curry Rogers and Wilson in 2014.

The evidence

Where its fossils were found

Today

2 finds

70 million years ago

Map: C. R. Scotese, PALEOMAP

Lived alongside

Found in the same rock formations.

Close relatives

Other members of Lithostrotia.

Sources: Paleobiology Database, WikidataNamed in: K. Curry Rogers and J. A. Wilson. 2014. Vahiny depereti, gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, Madagascar. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(3):606-617