Argana Group
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]
| Argana Group Stratigraphic range: Carnian | |
|---|---|
| Type | Group |
| Unit of | High Atlas |
| Sub-units | Timezgadiouine Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Sandstone |
| Other | Shale, conglomerate |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 31.0°N 9.0°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 7.4°N 5.9°W |
| Region | Marrakesh Province |
| Country |  Morocco |
  Argana Group (Morocco) | |
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
- List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
- Sebastian Voigt, Jörg W. Schneider, Hafid Saber, Abdelkbir Hminna, Abdelouahed Lagnaoui, Hendrik Klein, Andreas Brosig, Jan Fischer (2011). "Complex Tetrapod Burrows From Middle Triassic Red Beds of the Argana Basin (Western High Atlas, Morocco)". Society for Sedimentary Geology. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - 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.
- "Locality XVI, Azendoh (Triassic of Morocco)". Fossilworks.org. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- "Table 12.1," in Weishampel, et al. (2004). Page 234.
Further reading
- Martín Martín, et al., J.D. 2016. Diapiric growth within an Early Jurassic rift basin: The Tazoult salt wall (central High Atlas, Morocco), 1–31. 35; Tectonics. doi:10.1002/2016TC004300
- Domènech Verdaguer, Mireia. 2015. Rift opening and inversion in the Marrakech High Atlas - integrated structural and thermochronologic study, 1–157. Universitat de Barcelona.
- Medina et al., Fida. 2011. Nouveaux guides geologiques et miniers du Maroc - New Geological and Mining Guidebooks of Morocco - Vol 7 - Haut Atlas Occidental, 1–106. Ministry of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment. ISSN 0374-9789
- 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
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