Siamamia
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| Superfamily: | Amioidea
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| Genus: | Siamamia Cavin et al., 2007
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| Species: | S. naga
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| Siamamia naga Cavin et al., 2007
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Siamamia is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from Northeasthern Thailand. They belong to family Sinamiidae and are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early Cretaceous freshwater environments in eastern Asia.
Siamamia fossils have been found present-day in , Sakhon Nakhon Province, Thailand.
Etymology[]
- Siam (former name of Thailand), referring to location.
- Amia (Greek).
- Naga mythological creature in Mekong River
References[]
- 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.
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- Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
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