Vahiny

Vahiny
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
~70–66 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Clade: Saurischia
Clade: Sauropodomorpha
Clade: Sauropoda
Clade: Macronaria
Clade: Titanosauria
Clade: Colossosauria
Genus: Vahiny
Curry Rogers & Wilson, 2014
Type species
Vahiny depereti
Curry Rogers & Wilson, 2014

Vahiny (meaning "traveller" in Malagasy[1]) is an extinct genus of titanosaur sauropod dinosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of the Maevarano Formation, northwestern Madagascar. It contains a single species, Vahiny depereti.[1]

  1. ^ a b Rogers, Kristina Curry; Wilson, Jeffrey A. (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. Bibcode:2014JVPal..34..606R. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.822874.