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Arganaceras vacanti

Reptilia

Taxonomy
Arganaceras vacanti was named by Jalil and Janvier (2005). Its type specimen is MNHN ARG 518, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality XXII, Tikida, which is in a Wuchiapingian terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Ikakern Formation of Morocco. It is the type species of Arganaceras.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Arganaceras vacanti Jalil and Janvier p. 43 figs. 3-28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassParareptiliaLawrence 1868
—Procolophonomorpha()
—Procolophonia()
—Hallucicrania
superfamilyPareiasauroideaNopsca 1928
—Pareiasauria()
genusArganaceras
speciesvacanti

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Arganaceras vacanti Jalil and Janvier 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Diet: herbivoresubo
Created: 2009-01-03 20:32:59
Modified: 2009-01-03 22:32:59
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.51000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Morocco (Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz) Arganaceras vacanti (type locality: 89607)