Chinlea

Chinlea; Temporal range: 228.0–203.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Late Triassic
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Sarcopterygii
Subclass:	Actinistia
Order:	Coelacanthiformes
Family:	†Mawsoniidae
Genus:	Chinlea
	†Chinlea campii; †Chinlea sorenseni[1];

Chinlea is an extinct genus of Triassic mawsoniid coelacanth fish found in the Southwestern United States states of Arizona and New Mexico.[2] The length of Chinlea was about 1.5 m (5 feet). It weighed around 68 kg. (150 pounds). Chinlea had lobed fins and a slender tail. The teeth were large and sharp.

Chinlea (middle left) and other fish from the Chinle Formation

References

A New Specimen of Chinlea sorenseni from the Chinle Formation, Dolores River, Colorado. David K. Elliott, Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Vol. 22, No. 1, Triassic Continental Deposits of the American Southwest (1987), pp. 47-52 (|Stable URL retrieved 04 May 2016)
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[1] A New Specimen of Chinlea sorenseni from the Chinle Formation, Dolores River, Colorado. David K. Elliott, Journal of the Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, Vol. 22, No. 1, Triassic Continental Deposits of the American Southwest (1987), pp. 47-52 (|Stable URL retrieved 04 May 2016)

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