Argana Group
| Argana Group | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Carnian | |
| Type | Group |
| Unit of | High Atlas |
| Sub-units | Timezgadiouine Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 31°00′N 9°00′W / 31.0°N 9.0°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 7°24′N 5°54′W / 7.4°N 5.9°W |
| Region | Marrakesh Province |
| Country |  Morocco |
  Argana Group (Morocco) | |
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] | Marrakesh province[2] | "[Two] dentaries, maxilla, isolated teeth, adult."[4] | |||
Other fossils reported are:[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Complex Tetrapod Burrows From Middle Triassic Red Beds of the Argana Basin (Western High Atlas, Morocco)". Society for Sedimentary Geology. 2011.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help); Unknown parameter|people=ignored (help) - ^ a b c d e f 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.
- ^ a b "Locality XVI, Azendoh (Triassic of Morocco)". Fossilworks.org. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 234.
Further reading
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- 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