Arganaceras

Arganaceras
Temporal range: Wuchiapingian, 260–254 Ma
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Restoration of Arganaceras
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Procolophonomorpha
Family:
†Pareiasauridae
Genus:
Arganaceras

Jalil and Janvier, 2005
Type species
Arganaceras vacanti
Jalil and Janvier, 2005

Arganaceras ("Argana horn") is a medium-sized pareiasaur from the Late Permian Ikakern Formation of Morocco. It was about 2 metres (6.6 ft) in length and had a horn-like structure on its snout.[1]

References

  1. ^ Jalil, Nour-Eddine; Janvier, Phillipe (2005). "The Late Permian pareiasaurs (Amniota, Parareptilia) from the Argana Basin, Morocco". Geodiversitas. 27 (1): 35–123.
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Sauropsida
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Procolophonia
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Nyctiphruretidae?
Elginia mirabilis Hypsognathus fenneri
Lanthanosuchidae?
Nycteroleteridae
Pareiasauria
Pumiliopareiasauria
Therischia
Owenettidae
Procolophonidae
Leptopleuroninae
Procolophoninae
Taxon identifiers
Arganaceras vacanti


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