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Ecteninion is a genus of meat-eating mammal-like reptiles (Therapsids) which lived during the lower Upper Triassic of South America. Its affinities are unclear, but it seems to be related to Probainognathus.
;Genus: Ecteninion Martinez RN, May CL & Forster CA, 1996. ;Species: Ecteninion lunensis Martinez RN, May CL & Forster CA, 1996 ;Place: Ischigualasto Formation ;Country: Argentina ;Age: Carnian, Upper Triassic ;Remarks: Known from a nearly complete skull of about 11cm in length. It is interpreted as a basal eucynodont. The holotype is in the collection of the Universidad Nacional de San Juan. ;Reference: Martinez et al (1996) "A new carnivorous cynodont from the Ischigualasto formation (Late Triassic, Argentina), with comments on eucynodont phylogeny." J. of Vert. Paleontology, 16(2), p.271-284.
Reference
TRIASSIC CYNODONTS; Cynognathidae, Probainognathidae and 'Allies', an Internet directory