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long-neck giant
Vahiny
Say it like this: “va-heenh”
Vahiny depereti
Vahiny ate plants and walked on four legs. It lived in the Late Cretaceous. Bones have been found in Madagascar.
- When
- Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) · roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago
- Named in
- 2014 · Curry Rogers, K.; Wilson, J. A.
- Hip height
- Not established
- Length
- 13 m · 43 ft
- Weight
- Not established
- Found in
- Madagascar · Maevarano
- Food and walking
- Herbivore · Four legs
- Kind
- long-neck giant · Sauropod
- Family branch
- Titanosauria
The story in short
In 2014, K. Curry Rogers and J. A. Wilson published the name Vahiny.
It lived in the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian), roughly 72.2 to 66 million years ago. Finds come from Madagascar, including the Maevarano Formation. It was a herbivore and walked on four legs.
Published estimates put Vahiny at a length near 13 m.
On the family tree it sits in Titanosauria, among the sauropod dinosaurs.
Close relatives
Aegyptosaurus
Aegyptosaurus baharijensis
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Andesaurus
Andesaurus delgadoi
Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) · roughly 100.5 to 93.9 million years ago
Antarctosaurus
Antarctosaurus wichmannianus
Late Cretaceous (Campanian) · roughly 83.6 to 72.2 million years ago