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]

References

  1. ^ Dutuit, J. M. (1977b) Description of the skull of Angistorhinus talainti n. sp: a new phytosaur from the Triassic of the Moroccan Atlas. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle: Sciences de la Terre 3(66):297-337
  2. ^ Long, R. A. & Murry, P. A. (1995). "Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the southwestern United States". Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. 4: 1–254.


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