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词条 Argana Group
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  2. See also

  3. References

  4. Further reading

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| age = Carnian
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| prilithology = Sandstone
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| region = Marrakesh Province
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| subunits = Timezgadiouine Formation
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The Argana Group is a geological group in the western High Atlas northeast of Agadir, Morocco.[1] It dates back to the Late Triassic.[2] The group contains the Timezgadiouine Formation.[3]

Fossil content

Ornithischian tracks geographically located in Marrakesh province.[2] Indeterminate theropod remains and tracks geographically located in Marrakesh province.[2]
Vertebrates reported from the Argana Group
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material
Azendohsaurus[2] A. laaroussii[2] Geographically located in Marrakesh province.[2] "[Two] dentaries, maxilla, isolated teeth, adult."[4]

Other fossils reported are:[3]

  • Moghreberia nmachouensis
  • Parasuchus magnoculus
  • Paratypothoracisini indet.
  • Procolophonidae indet.

See also

{{portal|Geology|Triassic|Prehistory of Africa}}
  • List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations

References

1. ^{{cite journal |title=Complex Tetrapod Burrows From Middle Triassic Red Beds of the Argana Basin (Western High Atlas, Morocco) |url=http://palaios.geoscienceworld.org/content/palaios/26/9/555/F1.large.jpg |people=Sebastian Voigt, Jörg W. Schneider, Hafid Saber, Abdelkbir Hminna, Abdelouahed Lagnaoui, Hendrik Klein, Andreas Brosig, Jan Fischer |year=2011 |publisher=Society for Sedimentary Geology}}
2. ^Weishampel, David B; et al. (2004). "Dinosaur distribution (Late Triassic, Africa)." In: Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 528–529. {{ISBN|0-520-24209-2}}.
3. ^{{cite web |title=Locality XVI, Azendoh (Triassic of Morocco) |url=http://fossilworks.org/bridge.pl?a=collectionSearch&collection_no=58618 |work=Fossilworks.org |access-date=March 7, 2019}}
4. ^"Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 234.

Further reading

  • J.-M. Dutuit. 1980. Principaux caracteres d'un genre de Dicynodonte du Trias marocain. [Principal characteristics of a dicynodont genus from the Moroccan Triassic]. Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences, Serie D: Sciences Naturelles 290(10):655-658
  • J.-M. Dutuit. 1972. Découverte d'un Dinosaure ornithischien dans le Trias supérieur de l'Atlas occidental marocain [Discovery of an ornithischian dinosaur in the Upper Triassic of the Moroccan western Atlas]. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences à Paris, Série D 275:2841-2844

6 : Geologic formations of Morocco|Triassic System of Africa|Carnian Stage|Mesozoic Morocco|Sandstone formations|Paleontology in Morocco

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