Chalawan (reptile)
| Chalawan | |
|---|---|
| Known remains of C. thailandicus specimen PRC102-143 (left), and reconstruction of the skull of C. thailandicus (right) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Archosauria |
| Clade: | Pseudosuchia |
| Clade: | Crocodylomorpha |
| Family: | †Pholidosauridae |
| Genus: | †Chalawan Martin et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Chalawan thailandicus (Buffetaut and Ingavat, 1980) | |
| Other species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Sunosuchus thailandicus Buffetaut and Ingavat, 1980 ? Sunosuchus shartegensis Efimov, 1988 | |
Chalawan (from Thai: ชาละวัน [t͡ɕʰāːlāwān]) is an extinct genus of pholidosaurid mesoeucrocodylian known from the Late Jurassic or Early Cretaceous Phu Kradung Formation of Nong Bua Lamphu Province, northeastern Thailand. It contains a single species, Chalawan thailandicus, with Chalawan shartegensis as a possible second species.