Arganodus is an extinct genus of freshwater lungfish that had a wide global distribution throughout much of the Triassic period, with a single species surviving across Gondwana into the Cretaceous.[1] It is the only member of the family Arganodontidae, although it is sometimes placed in the Ceratodontidae or synonymized with the genus Asiatoceratodus.[2][3][4]
It was first named by Martin in 1979 based on fossils found at Tizi n'Maâchou in the Marrakech area of Morocco, in rocks of the Timezgadiouine Formation belonging to the Argana Group (hence the generic name).[5]
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than to Ceratodontidae. The following genera are known from the family: †Arganodus (alternatively placed in own family, Arganodontidae) †Ariguna †Ceratodus...
the possible pholidosaur Meridiosaurus vallisparadisi. Fish, such as Arganodus tiguidiensis, Asiatoceratodus cf. tiguidensis, Neoceratodus africanus...
amphibians Apachesaurus and Koskinonodon, and the fishes Reticulodus, Arganodus, and Lasalichthyes. The multitude of specimens deposited so closely together...
Dipnomorph fish. Originally described as Ceratodus tiguidiensis, assigned to Arganodus by M. Martin (1984) and reassigned by Kemp (1998) to the genus Asiatoceratodus...
Lobe-finned fish Genus Species Location Material Notes Images Arganodus A. tiguidiensis A lungfish Axelrodichthys A.? lavocati A mawsoniid coelacanth;...
assigned to Arganodus by M. Martin (1984) and reassigned by Kemp (1998) to the genus Asiatoceratodus. Despite this, some authors uses Arganodus tiguidiensis...
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