| Named By: | B. Schaeffer in 1967 |
| Time Period: | 228.0-203.6 Ma Late Triassic |
| Location: | USA, including the states of Arizona - Chinle Formation, Colorado - Chinle Formation, New Mexico - Chinle Formation, Texas - Tecovas Formation and Colorado City Formation, and Utah - Chinle Formation |
| Size: | About 1.5 meters long |
| Diet: | Carnivore/Piscivore |
| Fossil(s): | Many individuals, though often by partial remains such as skulls |
| Classification: | | Chordata | Sarcopterygii | Actinistia | Coelacanthiformes | Mawsoniidae | |
Chinlea is an extinct genus of Triassic mawsoniid coelacanth fish found in the Southwestern United States states of Arizona and New Mexico. 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.