The Argana Group is a
Permian
The Permian ( ) is a geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic Period 251.9 Mya. It is the last ...
to
Triassic
The Triassic ( ) is a geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Year#Abbreviations yr and ya, Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.36 ...
geological group (geology), group in the western High Atlas northeast of Agadir, Morocco.
Sometimes known as the Argana Formation, it contains eight geological Member (geology), members often divided into three Geological formation, formations. They include the Lopingian, Late Permian Ikakern Formation (members T1-T2), the Early Triassic to Carnian Timezgadiouine Formation (T3-T5), and the Late Triassic Bigoudine Formation (T6-T8).
[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. .] Ornithischian tracks are geographically located in Marrakesh province.
Indeterminate theropoda, theropod remains and tracks are geographically located in Marrakesh province.
See also
* List of dinosaur-bearing rock formations
References
Further reading
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* 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, Série D 275:2841-2844
Geologic groups of Africa
Geologic formations of Morocco
Permian System of Africa
Triassic System of Africa
Mesozoic Morocco
Ichnofossiliferous formations
Paleontology in Morocco