Chinlea

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

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

Chinlea is an extinct genus of Triassic mawsoniid coelacanth fish found in and named after the Chinle Formation that crops out in the southwestern states of Arizona and New Mexico.^[2] The length of Chinlea was about 80 centimetres (2.6 ft).^[3] Chinlea had lobed fins and a slender tail. The teeth were large and sharp.

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)
^ The paleobiology Database
^ Cavin, Lionel; Piuz, André; Ferrante, Christophe; Guinot, Guillaume (2021-06-03). "Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal high body size disparity decoupled from taxic diversity". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 11812. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90962-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8175595.

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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)

[PBDB-2] The paleobiology Database

[3] Cavin, Lionel; Piuz, André; Ferrante, Christophe; Guinot, Guillaume (2021-06-03). "Giant Mesozoic coelacanths (Osteichthyes, Actinistia) reveal high body size disparity decoupled from taxic diversity". Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 11812. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90962-5. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 8175595.

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