Arganarhinus

Name: Arganarhinus ‭(‬Argana snout‭)‬.
Phonetic: Ar-ga-ry-nus.
Named By: R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Long‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Murry‭ ‬-‭ ‬1995.
Synonyms: Paleorhinus magnoculus.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Reptilia,‭ ‬Phytosauria,‭ ‬Phytosauridae.
Species: A.‭ ‬magnoculus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore/Piscivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Morocco,‭ ‬Argana basin‭ ‬-‭ ‬Timezgadiouine Formation.
Time period: Carnian of the Triassic.
Fossil representation: Skull.

       Arganarhinus is a phytosaur that lived in what is now Morocco during the late Triassic.‭ ‬Arganarhinus was originally named as a species of Paleorhinus before being made a distinct species in‭ ‬1995.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Late Triassic‭ (‬Carnian and Norian‭) ‬tetrapods from the southwestern United States.‭ ‬-‭ ‬New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin‭ ‬4:1-254.‭ ‬-‭ ‬R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Long‭ & ‬P.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Murry‭ ‬-‭ ‬1995.



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