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
  • Chalawan shartegensis? Efimov, 1988
Synonyms

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.