AfricaAnchisauriaDinosauriaEusaurischiaEusauropodaGravisauriaLate CretaceousMacronariaMassopodaNeosauropodaPlateosauriaSaurischiaSauropodaSauropodiformesSauropodomorphaSomphospondyliTitanosauriaTitanosauriformes

Vahiny depereti

Dinosaur: Vahiny depereti



Type: Sauropod

Length*:13.7 m44.9 ft
Weight*:5.4 tons11,905 lb
ESR: 1 / 4 (estimated size reliability)
*The largest known specimen


Period

Epoch: Late Cretaceous
Stage: Maastrichtian

Details

Status: valid
Autor: Curry Rogers & Wilson
Year: 2014
Area: Africa
Country: Madagascar
Region: Mahajanga
Formation: Maevarano

Classification

Dinosauria
Saurischia
Eusaurischia
Sauropodomorpha
Plateosauria
Massopoda
Sauropodiformes
Anchisauria
Sauropoda
Gravisauria
Eusauropoda
Neosauropoda
Macronaria
Titanosauriformes
Somphospondyli
Titanosauria


Other

Material: Partial braincase, referred basioccipital.
References: Rogers, K. C., & Wilson, J. A. (2014). Vahiny depereti, gen. et sp. nov., a new titanosaur (Dinosauria, Sauropoda) from the Upper Cretaceous Maevarano Formation, Madagascar.

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