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Argana Group
Stratigraphic range:Late Permian-Late Triassic
Type	Group
Unit of	High Atlas
Sub-units	Irakern Formation,Timezgadiouine Formation,Bigoudine Formation
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone
Other	Shale,conglomerate
Location
Coordinates	31°00′N9°00′W / 31.0°N 9.0°W /31.0; -9.0
Approximate paleocoordinates	7°24′N5°54′W / 7.4°N 5.9°W /7.4; -5.9
Region	Marrakesh Province
Country	Morocco
Argana Group (Morocco)

TheArgana Group is aPermian toTriassic geologicalgroup in the westernHigh Atlas northeast ofAgadir,Morocco.^[1] Sometimes known as theArgana Formation, it contains eight geologicalmembers often divided into threeformations. They include theLate Permian Ikakern Formation (members T1-T2), theEarly Triassic toCarnian Timezgadiouine Formation (T3-T5), and theLate Triassic Bigoudine Formation (T6-T8).^[2]Ornithischian tracks are geographically located inMarrakesh province.^[2] Indeterminatetheropod remains and tracks are geographically located in Marrakesh province.^[2]

^Voigt, S.; Schneider, J. W.; Saber, H.; Hminna, A.; Lagnaoui, A.; Klein, H.; Brosig, A.; Fischer, J. (2011)."Complex Tetrapod Burrows From Middle Triassic Red Beds of the Argana Basin (Western High Atlas, Morocco)".PALAIOS.26 (9).Society for Sedimentary Geology:555–566.Bibcode:2011Palai..26..555V.doi:10.2110/palo.2011.p11-014r.S2CID 129863137.
^^a ^b ^cWeishampel, 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.