Argana Formation

Argana Formation
Stratigraphic range: Upper Triassic
Type Geological formation
Location
Country Morocco

The Argana Formation is a geological formation in the western High Atlas northeast of Agadir, Morocco.[1] It dates back to the Late Triassic.[2]

Vertebrate fauna

Ornithischian tracks geographically located in Marrakesh province.[2] Indeterminate theropod remains and tracks geographically located in Marrakesh province.[2]

Vertebrates reported from the Argana Formation
Genus Species Location Stratigraphic position Material
Azendohsaurus[2] A. laaroussii[2] Geographically located in Marrakesh province.[2] "[Two] dentaries, maxilla, isolated teeth, adult."[3]

See also

References

  1. SEBASTIAN VOIGT, JÖRG W. SCHNEIDER, HAFID SABER, ABDELKBIR HMINNA, ABDELOUAHED LAGNAOUI, HENDRIK KLEIN, ANDREAS BROSIG, JAN FISCHER (2011). Society for Sedimentary Geology http://palaios.geoscienceworld.org/content/palaios/26/9/555/F1.large.jpg. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 234.


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