Arganaceras
Name:
Arganaceras
(Argana horn).
Phonetic: Are-gan-ah-seh-rass.
Named By: N.-E. Jalil & P. Janvier
- 2005.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia,
Pareiasauridae.
Species: A. vacanti (type).
Diet: Herbivore.
Size: About 2 meters long.
Known locations: Morocco.
Time period: Late Permian.
Fossil representation: Partial skull and post
cranial skeleton.
Arganaceras was a pareiasaur that lived in Morocco during the late Permian. Like relative genera, Arganaceras would have been quadrupedal herbivores. A particularly close relative of the genus may have been Elginia.
Further reading
- Les pareiasaures (Amniota, Parareptilia) du Permien sup�rieur
du Bassin d’Argana, Maroc - N.-E. Jalil & P.
Janvier - 2005.
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