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Chiniquodon
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<p><i>Chiniquodon</i> is an extinct <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of <a href="/facts/Carnivore/q6h6aSqe">carnivorous</a> <a href="/facts/Cynodont/8Trvx14s">cynodonts</a>, which lived during the <a href="/facts/Late_Triassic/TazKYWQN">Late Triassic</a> (<a href="/facts/Carnian/DV9VJ0o3">Carnian</a>) in <a href="/facts/South_America/PhrFEMk7">South America</a> (<a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a> and <a href="/facts/Brazil/QHkG46GL">Brazil</a>) and <a href="/facts/Africa/XkqQUP9s">Africa</a> (<a href="/facts/Namibia/ahXuaypy">Namibia</a> and <a href="/facts/Madagascar/ez12IAcY">Madagascar</a>). <i>Chiniquodon</i> was closely related to the genus <i><a href="/facts/Aleodon/S4gVHKxC">Aleodon</a></i>, and close to the ancestry of mammals. </p><p>Other contemporaries included early <a href="/facts/Dinosaur/JRdMqBnq">dinosaurs</a>. As both groups filled a similar <a href="/facts/Ecological_niche/YnhNkL2e">ecological niche</a>, fairly large therapsid hunters such as <i>Chiniquodon</i> may have been outcompeted by dinosaurs. </p>