†Cherninia megarhina Chernin and Cosgriff 1975 (tetrapod)
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Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Mastodonsauridae
Alternative combination: Parotosaurus megarhinus
Full reference: S. Chernin and J. W. Cosgriff. 1975. Further considerations of the capitosaurids from the Upper Luangwa Valley, Zambia. Palaeontologia africana 18:143-148
Belongs to Cherninia according to R. J. Damiani 2001
See also Chernin and Cosgriff 1975
Sister taxon: Cherninia denwai
Type specimen: BPI 414, a skull. Its type locality is Locality 15, Upper Luangwa Valley, 3.5 miles west of Sitwe, which is in an Anisian terrestrial mudstone in the Ntawere Formation of Zambia.
Ecology: amphibious carnivore
Distribution: found only at Locality 15, Upper Luangwa Valley, 3.5 miles west of Sitwe
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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