In Depth Ecteninion is a genus of cynodont that lived in South America during the late Triassic. Ecteninion is also the type genus of the Ecteniniidae group of cynodonts which includes genera such as Diegocanis and the huge Trucidocynodon. Further Reading - A new carnivorous cynodont from the Ischigualasto Formation (Late Triassic, Argentina), with comments … Read more
In Depth If Trucidocynodon could be notable for just one thing it would be size. At over a meter in length Trucidocynodon was positively huge for a cynodont as most of its relatives were rarely more than about half a meter. The large size growth of Trucidocynodon may have been a result of continuing divergence … Read more
In Depth 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. … Read more