Arganarhinus
Extinct genus of reptiles
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Arganarhinus (meaning "Argana (Morocco) snout") is an extinct genus of phytosaur known from the late Triassic period (Middle Carnian stage) of Argana Basin in Morocco. It is known from a skull which is housed at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. It was first named as a species of Paleorhinus in 1977b by Jean Michel Dutuit[1] and it was named as a separate genus by Long and Murry in 1995. The type species is the original Paleorhinus magnoculus and the combinatio nova is Arganarhinus magnoculus. Its closest relative was Paleorhinus.[2]
| Arganarhinus Temporal range: Late Triassic, | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | †Phytosauria |
| Family: | †Parasuchidae |
| Genus: | †Arganarhinus Long & Murry, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| †Arganarhinus magnoculus (Dutuit, 1977b [originally Paleorhinus magnoculus]) | |
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