Cherninia
| Cherninia Temporal range: Triassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Amphibia |
| Order: | Temnospondyli |
| Suborder: | Stereospondyli |
| Superfamily: | Mastodonsauroidea |
| Family: | Mastodonsauridae |
| Genus: | Cherninia Damiani, 2001 |
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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]
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