''Siamamia'' is an extinct

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ray-finned fish Actinopterygii (; ), members of which are known as ray-finned fishes, is a class of bony fish. They comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species. The ray-finned fishes are so called because their fins are webs of skin supported by bony or h ...

from Northeasthern

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. They belong to family

Sinamiidae Sinamiidae is an extinct family of ray-finned fish. They are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period ...

and are halecomorph fishes endemic to Early

Cretaceous The Cretaceous ( ) is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya). It is the third and final period of the Mesozoic Era, as well as the longest. At around 79 million years, it is the longest geological period of ...

freshwater environments in eastern Asia. ''Siamamia'' fossils have been found present-day in Phu Phok, Sakhon Nakhon Province,

Etymology

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References

* Amiiformes Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera Cretaceous bony fish Early Cretaceous fish of Asia Taxa named by Varavudh Suteethorn Taxa named by Éric Buffetaut {{Amiiformes-stub