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Arganarhinus

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Reptilia

Family
  
Phytosauridae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Rank
  
Genus

Arganarhinus

Similar
  
Paleorhinus, Angistorhinus, Parasuchus, Mystriosuchus, Leptosuchus

Arganarhinus (meaning "Argana (Morocco) snout") is an extinct genus of phytosaur known from the late Triassic period (Middle Carnian stage) of Argana basin in Morocco. It is known from a skull which is housed at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. It was first named by Long and Murry in 1995 and the type species is Arganarhinus magnoculus. Its closest relative was Paleorhinus.

References

Arganarhinus Wikipedia


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