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Cherninia megarhina
Taxonomy
Parotosaurus megarhinus was named by Chernin and Cosgriff (1975). Its type specimen is BPI 414, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. 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.
It was recombined as Cherninia megarhina by Damiani (2001).
It was recombined as Cherninia megarhina by Damiani (2001).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1975 | Parotosaurus megarhinus Chernin and Cosgriff |
| 2001 | Cherninia megarhina Damiani |
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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 megarhina Chernin and Cosgriff 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: subo = suborder, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Uhen 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||