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Fossil specimen of Sinamia sp. | |
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Family: | Sinamiidae
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Sinamiidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish. [2] They are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early Cretaceous freshwater environments in East and Southeast Asia.
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] Some authors treat them as a subfamily, the Sinamiinae, within the Amiidae as the closest relatives of the modern subfamily Amiinae. [4]
Sinamiidae Temporal range:
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Fossil specimen of Sinamia sp. | |
Scientific classification | |
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Superfamily: | |
Family: | Sinamiidae
Berg, 1940
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Sinamiidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish. [2] They are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early Cretaceous freshwater environments in East and Southeast Asia.
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] Some authors treat them as a subfamily, the Sinamiinae, within the Amiidae as the closest relatives of the modern subfamily Amiinae. [4]