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Arganarhinus 
Summary
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 as a species of Paleorhinus in 1977b by Jean Michel Dutuit[1] and it was named as a separate genus by Long and Murry in 1995. The type species is the original Paleorhinus magnoculus and the combinatio nova is Arganarhinus magnoculus. Its closest relative was Paleorhinus.[2]
| Arganarhinus Temporal range: Late Triassic,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauromorpha |
| Clade: | Archosauriformes |
| Order: | †Phytosauria |
| Family: | †Parasuchidae |
| Genus: | †Arganarhinus Long & Murry, 1995 |
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| †Arganarhinus magnoculus (Dutuit, 1977b [originally Paleorhinus magnoculus])
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References edit
- ^ Dutuit, J. M. (1977b) Description of the skull of Angistorhinus talainti n. sp: a new phytosaur from the Triassic of the Moroccan Atlas. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle: Sciences de la Terre 3(66):297-337
- ^ Long, R. A. & Murry, P. A. (1995). "Late Triassic (Carnian and Norian) tetrapods from the southwestern United States". Bulletin of the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. 4: 1–254.
