Siamamia

Siamamia naga
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Halecomorphi
Order: Amiiformes
Family: Amiidae
Genus: Siamamia
Cavin et al., 2007
Species:
S. naga
Binomial name
Siamamia naga
Cavin et al., 2007

Siamamia (meaning "Siam Amia") is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish in the family Amiidae.[1] They are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early Cretaceous freshwater environments from north-eastern Thailand.

Siamamia fossils have been found in the Early Cretaceous Sao Khua Formation, present-day in Phu Phok, Sakhon Nakhon Province, Thailand.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Deesri, U.; Naksri, W.; Jintasakul, P.; Noda, Y.; Yukawa, H.; Hossny, T.E.; Cavin, L. A New Sinamiin Fish (Actinopterygii) from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand: Implications on the Evolutionary History of the Amiid Lineage. Diversity 2023, 15, 491. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15040491
  2. ^ Cavin, Lionel; Suteethorn, Varavudh; Buffetaut, Eric; Claude, Julien; Cuny, Gilles; Le Loeuff, Jean; Tong, Haiyan (12 December 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%282007%2927%5B827%3ATFSFHH%5D2.0.CO%3B2.