Siamamia naga Cavin et al. 2007 (bowfin)

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Sinamiidae

Full reference: L. Cavin, V. Suteethorn, E. Buffetaut, J. Claude, G. Cuny, J. Le Loeuff, and H. Tong. 2007. The first sinamiid fish (Holostei: Halecomorpha) from Southeast Asia (Early Cretaceous of Thailand). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(4):827-837

Belongs to Siamamia according to L. Cavin et al. 2009

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: TF 8001, a partial skull (semi-articulated skull). Its type locality is Phu Phok, which is in a Barremian wet floodplain siltstone in the Sao Khua Formation of Thailand.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-piscivore

Distribution: found only at Phu Phok

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