What is Sinamia?
[[File:Sinamia NMNS.jpg|thumb|Fossil specimen]] '''''Sinamia''''' is an extinct genus of freshwater [[Amiiformes|amiiform]] fish which existed in [[China]], [[Japan]], and possibly [[South Korea]] during the Early [[Cretaceous]] period. == Description == === ''Sinamia liaoningensis'' === ''Sinamia liaoningensis'' is a very large fish and has a much more podgy body form than the other species of the genus but still resembles the [[bowfin]]. === ''Sinamia kukurihime'' === ''Sinamia kukurihime'' is very similar to the modern-day [[bowfin]]. A pyriform-shaped gular has been described for two isolated ossifications of ''Sinamia kukurihime'', whose outline resembles that of ''K. phattharajani'', except for the smooth posterior margin of the first. == Taxonomy == * ''Sinamia zdanskyi'' Stensiö, 1935 Meng-Yin Formation, Shangdong, China, Early Cretaceous * ''Sinamia huananensis'' Su, 1973 Yangtang Formation, Anhui, China, Early Cretaceous * ''Sinamia chinhuaensis'' Wei, 1976 Guantou Formation, Zhejiang, China, Early Cretaceous * ''Sinamia luozigouensis'' Li, 1984 Luozigou Formation, Jilin, China, Early Cretaceous * ''Sinamia poyangica'' Su and Li, 1990 Shixi Formation, Jiangxi, China, Early Cretaceous * ''Sinamia liaoningensis'' Zhang, 2012 Yixian Formation, Jiufotang Formation, Liaoning, China, Early Cretaceous (Aptian) * ''Sinamia kukurihime'' Yabumoto, 2014 Kuwajima Formation, Ishikawa, Japan, Early Cretaceous (Barremian) * ''Sinamia lanzhoensis'' Peng, Murray, Brinkman, Zhang and You, 2015 Hekou Group, Gansu, China, Early Cretaceous == References == # 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. <nowiki>https://doi.org/10.3390/d15040491</nowiki> == Other websites == * [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273509226_A_New_Species_of_Sinamia_Amiiformes_Sinamiidae_from_the_Early_Cretaceous_of_Lanzhou_Basin_