Chiniquodontidae is an extinct

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of basal probainognathian cynodonts that lived in what is now Africa and South America during the Middle and

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. It is currently thought to include two valid genera: '' Aleodon'' and ''

Chiniquodon ''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 '' Aleodo ...

''. Two additional genera (''Belesodon'' and ''Probelesodon'') are usually regarded as junior synonyms of ''Chiniquodon''.

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Prehistoric probainognathians Prehistoric therapsid families Taxa named by Friedrich von Huene {{paleo-therapsid-stub