| Cherninia Fossil range: Triassic |
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Cherninia is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian. The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 251 to 199 Ma (million years ago Chordates ( Phylum Chordata) are a group of Animals that includes the Vertebrates together with several closely related Invertebrates Prehistoric amphibian Amphibians (class Amphibia such as Frogs Toads Salamanders Newts Gymnophiona, Sirens and Temnospondyli (from Greek τεμνειν temnein = "to cut" + σπονδυλως spondulos = "vertebra" are an important and extremely diverse