Diegocanis elegans Martinez et al. 2013 (cynodont)

Osteichthyes - Therapsida - Ecteniniidae

Full reference: R. N. Martinez, E. Fernandez, and O. A. Alcober. 2013. A new non-mammaliaform eucynodont from the Carnian-Norian Ischigualasto Formation, Northwestern Argentina. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 16(1):61-76

Belongs to Diegocanis according to R. N. Martinez et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PVSJ 881, a partial skull (represented by the snout and the orbital region, with partially preserved upper dentition). Its type locality is northeast edge, Cancha de Bochas, which is in a Carnian terrestrial siltstone in the Ischigualasto Formation of Argentina.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at northeast edge, Cancha de Bochas

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