 Arganasaurus

Arganasaurus is an extinct genus of prehistoric temnospondyl amphibian belonging to the family Metoposauridae that lived in Morocco during the Late Triassic (Carnian).The type species of "Arganasaurus", "A. lyazidi", was originally described as "Metoposaurus lyazidi" by Dutuit (1976) on the basis of skulls found in the Argana Formation of northern Morocco.Hunt (1993) found the species generically distinct from the "Metoposaurus" type species to warrant its own genus, which he named "Arganasaurus".