Siamamia
| Siamamia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Amiiformes |
| Superfamily: | Amioidea |
| Family: | Sinamiidae Berg, 1940 |
| Genus: | Siamamia Cavin, Suteethorn, Buffetaut, Claude, Cuny, Le Loeuff and Tong 2007 |
| Species: | S. naga |
| Binomial name | |
| Siamamia naga Cavin, Suteethorn, Buffetaut, Claude, Cuny, Le Loeuff and Tong 2007 | |
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 Phu Phok, Sakhon Nakhon Province, Thailand.
Etymology
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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