Chinlea
| Chinlea Temporal range: 228.0–203.6 Ma Late Triassic | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Sarcopterygii |
| Subclass: | Actinistia |
| Order: | Coelacanthiformes |
| Family: | †Mawsoniidae |
| Genus: | Chinlea |
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Chinlea and other fish from the Chinle formation
Chinlea is an extinct genus of Triassic lobe-finned 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.
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 (|http://www.jstor.org/stable/40024383 Stable URL] retrieved 04 May 2016)
- ↑ The paleobiology Database
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