Chiniquodon

thumb|left|Life reconstruction of C. theotonicus

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Parent taxon: Chiniquodontidae
Image: Belesodon magnificus.JPG

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taxon name: Chiniquodon
taxon rank: genus
Commons category: Chiniquodon
start time: 235000000-
end time: 221500000-
time period: Triassic

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thumb|left|Life reconstruction of C. theotonicus

Chiniquodon is an extinct genus of carnivorous cynodonts, which lived during the Late Triassic (Carnian) in South America (Argentina and Brazil) and Africa (Namibia and Madagascar). Chiniquodon was closely related to the genus Aleodon, and close to the ancestry of mammals.

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