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Sinamia huananensis

Osteichthyes - Amiiformes - Sinamiidae

Taxonomy
Sinamia huananensis was named by Su (1973). Its type specimen is IVPP V4087 and is a compression fossil.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2012-09-19

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Sinamia huananensis Su
1983Sinamia huananensis Liu and Su p. 182

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
NeopterygiiRegan 1923
infraclassHolostei(Müller 1846)
orderAmiiformesHay 1929
suborderAmioidei
familySinamiidaeBerg 1940
genusSinamia
specieshuananensisSu 1973

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H.-T. Liu and D.-Z. Su 1983Body elongate fusiform. Head fairly short. Snout blunt. Parietal relatively short, its lateral margin almost straight or with a very small process. Median gular plate with large posterior part. Dorsal fin comparatively high, its base shorter than that of S. zdanskyi, arising from the middle point of body length or slightly before that point, with 22-23 rays. Two postcleithra. Posterior margin of scales almost smooth.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: piscivoreo
Created: 2017-04-17 10:31:36
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:31:36
Source: f = family, o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available