Cherninia

Cherninia
Temporal range: Middle Triassic
Life restoration of Cherninia denwai
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Order: Temnospondyli
Suborder: Stereospondyli
Clade: Capitosauria
Family: Mastodonsauridae
Genus: Cherninia
Damiani, 2001
Species
  • C. denwai Mukherjee & Sengupta, 1998 (type)
  • C. megarhina Chernin & Cosgriff, 1975

Cherninia is an extinct genus of mastodonsaurid temnospondyl known from the Denwa Formation of India and the Ntawere Formation of Zambia.