Arganaceras
Appearance
Arganaceras Temporal range: Wuchiapingian,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Clade: | †Parareptilia |
Order: | †Procolophonomorpha |
Clade: | †Pareiasauria |
Family: | †Pareiasauridae |
Genus: | †Arganaceras Jalil and Janvier, 2005 |
Type species | |
†Arganaceras vacanti Jalil and Janvier, 2005
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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
[edit]- ^ Jalil, Nour-Eddine; Janvier, Phillipe (2005). "The Late Permian pareiasaurs (Amniota, Parareptilia) from the Argana Basin, Morocco". Geodiversitas. 27 (1): 35–123.