Biology:Siamamia

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Siamamia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Superfamily:
Amioidea
Family:
Subfamily:
Sinamiinae[1]
Genus:
Siamamia

Cavin et al., 2007
Species:
S. naga
Binomial name
Siamamia naga
Cavin et al., 2007

Siamamia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from Northeasthern Thailand. They belong to family Amiidae[1] and are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early Cretaceous freshwater environments in eastern Asia.

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

Etymology

  • Siam (former name of Thailand), referring to location.
  • Amia (Greek).
  • Naga mythological creature in Mekong River

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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, et al. “The First Sinamiid Fish (Holostei, Halecomorpha) from Southeast Asia (Early Cretaceous of Thailand).” Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, vol. 27, no. 4, 2007, pp. 827–37. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/30117452. Accessed 28 Mar. 2023.

Wikidata ☰ Q7506735 entry