Sinamiidae

Sinamiidae
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Fossil specimen of Sinamia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Halecomorphi
Order: Amiiformes
Superfamily: Amioidea
Family: †Sinamiidae
Berg, 1940
Genera

Sinamiidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish. They are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early Cretaceous freshwater environments in East and Southeast Asia.

Along with Amiidae, it is one of two families that makes up the superfamily Amioidea. The two are distinguished by the shape of their scales. Some authors treat them as a subfamily, the Sinamiinae, within the Amiidae as the closest relatives of the modern subfamily Amiinae.

References

  1. 1 2 Kriwet, Jürgen (January–February 2005). "An amioid fish (Neopterygii, Amiiformes) from the Late Jurassic of the Iberian Peninsula". Geobios. 38 (1): 100. Bibcode:2005Geobi..38...99K. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.07.004.
  2. ↑ Deesri, U.; Naksri, W.; Jintasakul, P.; Noda, Y.; Yukawa, H.; El Hossny, T.; Cavin, L. (2023). "A New Sinamiin Fish (Actinopterygii) from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand: Implications on the Evolutionary History of the Amiid Lineage". Diversity. 15 (4). 491. Bibcode:2023Diver..15..491D. doi:10.3390/d15040491.
  3. ↑ Cavin, Lionel; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Buffetaut, Eric; Claude, Julien; Cuny, Gilles; Le Loeuff, Jean; Tong, Haiyan (2007). "The first sinamiid fish (Holostei: Halecomorpha) from Southeast Asia (Early Cretaceous of Thailand)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 27 (4): 827–837. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[827:TFSFHH]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 85325978.
  4. ↑ Kriwet 2005, p. 103.
  5. ↑ Deesri, Uthumporn; Naksri, Wilailuck; Jintasakul, Pratueng; Noda, Yoshikazu; Yukawa, Hirokazu; Hossny, Tamara El; Cavin, Lionel (April 2023). "A New Sinamiin Fish (Actinopterygii) from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand: Implications on the Evolutionary History of the Amiid Lineage". Diversity. 15 (4): 491. doi:10.3390/d15040491. ISSN 1424-2818.
  6. Cavin, Lionel; Giner, Stephen (October 2012). "A large halecomorph fish (Actinopterygii: Holostei) from the Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) of southeast France". Cretaceous Research. 37: 202. Bibcode:2012CrRes..37..201C. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.020.