Sinamiidae
Sinamiidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish.[2] They are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early Cretaceous freshwater environments in eastern Asia.[2]
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| Family: | Sinamiidae Berg, 1940 |
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Along with Amiidae, it is one of two families that makes up the superfamily Amioidea.[1] The two are distinguished by the shape of their scales.[3]
References
- Kriwet, Jürgen (January–February 2005). "An amioid fish (Neopterygii, Amiiformes) from the Late Jurassic of the Iberian Peninsula". Geobios. 38 (1): 100. doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2003.07.004.
- 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.
- Kriwet 2005, p. 103.
- Cavin, Lionel; Giner, Stephen (October 2012). "A large halecomorph fish (Actinopterygii: Holostei) from the Valanginian (Early Cretaceous) of southeast France". Cretaceous Research. 37: 202. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.020.
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