Cherninia

Cherninia Temporal range: Triassic
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Amphibia
Order:	Temnospondyli
Suborder:	Stereospondyli
Superfamily:	Mastodonsauroidea
Family:	Mastodonsauridae
Genus:	Cherninia Damiani, 2001
Species
C. denwai Damiani, 2001 C. megarhina Damiani, 2001

Cherninia is an extinct genus of mastodonsauroid temnospondyl. Fossil remains of it have been found in India. This species had an enormous skull that was 1.4 m (4.6 ft) long. The body length is believed to have been up to 4.3 m (14.1 ft) in length.^[1]

References

Capitosaurians
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Temnospondyli (unranked): Limnarchia (unranked): Stereospondylomorpha Suborder: Stereospondyli
Major groups	Mastodonsauroidea Mastodonsauridae Heylerosauridae Stenotosauridae
Genera	Antarctosuchus Calmasuchus Cherninia Cyclotosaurus Edingerella Eocyclotosaurus Eryosuchus Ferganobatrachus Heptasaurus Jammerbergia Kestrosaurus Mastodonsaurus Meyerosuchus Odenwaldia Paracyclotosaurus Parotosuchus Procyclotosaurus Promastodonsaurus Quasicyclotosaurus Sclerothorax Stanocephalosaurus Stenotosaurus Subcyclotosaurus Tatrasaurus Vladlenosaurus Warrenisuchus Watsonisuchus Wellesaurus Wetlugasaurus Xenotosuchus Yuanansuchus
Related categories	Temnospondyls Triassic amphibians