Vahiny depereti Curry Rogers and Wilson 2014 (sauropod)

Reptilia - Saurischia

Full reference: 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

Belongs to Vahiny according to K. Curry Rogers and J. A. Wilson 2014

See also Khosla 2021 and Wilson et al. 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UA 9940, a partial skull (Partial braincase including a partial supraoccipital, basioccipital, basisphenoid, right and left exoccipital-opisthotics, prootics, laterosphenoids, and orbito). Its type locality is MAD96-07 (SUNY), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial horizon in the Maevarano Formation of Madagascar.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Madagascar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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