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Cherninia denwai

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae

Taxonomy
Parotosuchus denwai was named by Mukherjee and Sengupta (1998). Its type specimen is ISI A 54, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1.5 km E of Purtala, which is in an Anisian terrestrial horizon in the Denwa Formation of India.

It was recombined as Cherninia denwai by Damiani (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Parotosuchus denwai Mukherjee and Sengupta p. 319 figs. 2-4
2000Parotosuchus denwai Schoch and Milner p. 140
2001Cherninia denwai Damiani p. 399

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
RankNameAuthor
orderTemnospondyli()
Eutemnospondyli
Rhachitomi()
Eryopiformes
Stereospondylomorpha
Stereospondyli()
Superstes
Capitosauria
Capitosauroidea()
familyMastodonsauridaeLydekker 1885
genusCherninia
speciesdenwai()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cherninia denwai Mukherjee and Sengupta 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: brackish, freshwater, terrestrialuc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: amphibioussubo
Diet: carnivoresubo
Dispersal: waterc
Created: 2009-07-20 21:44:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:44:54
Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Carroll 1988, Uhen 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Anisian or 246.70000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian246.7 - 241.464India (Madhya Pradesh) Parotosuchus denwai (type locality: 136644)