Vahiny

guest or visitor

• vahiny · Malagasy · guest, visitor

Vahiny is a Malagasy word meaning "guest" or "visitor". It was chosen for a titanosaurian sauropod from Madagascar. The only named species, Vahiny depereti, honours the French paleontologist Charles Depéret.

Named by

Curry Rogers and Wilson

Year named

2014

Period

Late Cretaceous

Stage

Maastrichtian

Found in

Maevarano Formation, Mahajanga Basin, Madagascar

A titanosaurian sauropod. It is known from material found alongside the better-known Rapetosaurus. The exact reasoning behind the name and the details of the Depéret dedication are from memory, so check them against the original description.