| Named By: | Friedrich von Huene in 1936 |
| Time Period: | Middle Triassic |
| Location: | Argentina - Chanares Formation, Ischigualasto Formation. Brazil - Santa Maria Formation. Madagascar - Makay Formation. Namibia - Omingonde Formation |
| Size: | Size depends upon species, but some about 50 centimetres long |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Fossil(s): | Partial remains of several individuals |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Synapsida | Therapsida | Cynodontia | Chiniquodontidae | |
| Also known as: | | Belesodon | |
Chiniquodon is a genus of carnivorous cynodont, which lived during the early Middle Triassic in South America. Chiniquodon is closely related to a contemporary genus, Probelesodon, and close to the ancestry of mammals.
Other contemporaries included early dinosaurs. As both groups filled a similar ecological niche, fairly large therapsid hunters such as Chiniquodon may have been outcompeted by dinosaurs.