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Ecteniniidae

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Ecteniniidae is an extinct family of probainognathian cynodonts from the Triassic of South America. They are notable for their large size, as well as for being among the first synapsids with specializations towards cursoriality.

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Ecteniniidae
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Probainognathia
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Ecteniniidae is an extinct family of probainognathian cynodonts from the Triassic of South America. They are notable for their large size, as well as for being among the first synapsids with specializations towards cursoriality.

==Phylogeny== Below is a cladogram from Martínez et al. (2013):

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