Siamamia
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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 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
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ 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.
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