Sinamiidae

Sinamiidae
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Fossil specimen of Sinamia sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Clade: Halecomorphi
Order: Amiiformes
Superfamily: Amioidea
Family: †Sinamiidae
Berg, 1940
Genera

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]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Kriwet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cavin-Suteethorn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Kriwet 2005, p. 103.
  4. ^ Deesri, Uthumporn; Naksri, Wilailuck; Jintasakul, Pratueng; Noda, Yoshikazu; Yukawa, Hirokazu; Hossny, Tamara El; Cavin, Lionel (April 2023). "A New Sinamiin Fish (Actinopterygii) from the Early Cretaceous of Thailand: Implications on the Evolutionary History of the Amiid Lineage". Diversity. 15 (4): 491. doi:10.3390/d15040491. ISSN 1424-2818.