Sinanas

Sinanas
Temporal range: Miocene
Fossil specimen of S. diatomas, Shanghai Natural History Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: †Sinanas
Species:
†S. diatomas
Binomial name
†Sinanas diatomas
Yeh, 1980

Sinanas is a genus of prehistoric duck that lived during the middle Miocene. The single known species is Sinanas diatomas. Fossils of the species have been recovered from the Shandong Province of China. Taxonomists are uncertain as to its affinities to modern waterfowl.

References

  1. ↑ Kear, Janet (2005). Ducks, Geese and Swans: Species accounts (Cairina to Mergus). Vol. 2. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 449. ISBN 0-19-861009-2.
  2. 1 2 Farner, Donald S.; King, James R.; Parkes, Kenneth C., eds. (1985). Avian Biology. Vol. VIII. Orlando, FL, US: Academic Press. p. 187. ISBN 0-12-249408-3.
  3. ↑ Zelenkov, Nikita V. (2012). "A New Duck from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia, with Comments on Miocene Evolution of Ducks". Paleontological Journal. 46 (5): 520–530. Bibcode:2012PalJ...46..520Z. doi:10.1134/S0031030112050139. ISSN 0031-0301. S2CID 86178199.