Diegocanis

Name: Diegocanis.
Phonetic: Day-go-ca-niss.
Named By: Ricardo N.‭ ‬Martinez,‭ ‬Eliana Fernandez‭ & ‬Oscar A.‭ ‬Alcober‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Ecteniniidae.
Species: D.‭ ‬elegans‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Argentina‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ischigualasto Formation.
Time period: Late Triassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Diegocanis is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the late Triassic.‭ ‬Diegocanis is similar to both Ecteninion‭ & ‬Trucidocynodon,‭ ‬and all of these genera fall within the Ecteniniidae.

Further reading
-‭ ‬A new non-mammaliaform eucynodont from the Carnian-Norian Ischigualasto Formation,‭ ‬Northwestern Argentina.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia‭ ‬16:‭ ‬61.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ricardo N.‭ ‬Martinez,‭ ‬Eliana Fernandez‭ & ‬Oscar A.‭ ‬Alcober‭ ‬-‭ ‬2013.

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