Ecteninion

Ecteninion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Therapsida Order: Cynodonta Eucynodontia Genus: Ecteninion
Species
E. lunensis
Ref.

Ecteninion is a genus of meat-eating ‘mammal-like reptile’, (Therapsids), which lived during the lower Upper Triassic of South America. It’s 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's 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.

(This information has been derived from [1] (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/cynoga.htm) TRIASSIC CYNODONTS; Cynognathidae, Probainognathidae and ‘Allies’, an internet directory. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. Trevor Dykes)