Vahiny
Field photograph to come
Vahiny
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- 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
70 million years ago
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