Sinanas

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Sinanas
Temporal range: Miocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus:† Sinanas
Species:
†S. diatomas
Binomial name
†Sinanas diatomas
Yeh, 1980

Sinanas is a genus of prehistoric duck that lived during the middle Miocene. [1] The single known species is Sinanas diatomas. Fossils of the species have been recovered from the Shandong Province of China. [2] Taxonomists are uncertain as to its affinities to modern waterfowl. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Kear, Janet (2005). Ducks, Geese and Swans: Species accounts (Cairina to Mergus). Vol. 2. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 449. ISBN   0-19-861009-2.
  2. 1 2 Farner, Donald S.; King, James R.; Parkes, Kenneth C., eds. (1985). Avian Biology. Vol. VIII. Orlando, FL, US: Academic Press. p. 187. ISBN   0-12-249408-3.
  3. ↑ Zelenkov, Nikita V. (2012). "A New Duck from the Middle Miocene of Mongolia, with Comments on Miocene Evolution of Ducks". Paleontological Journal. 46 (5): 520–530. Bibcode:2012PalJ...46..520Z. doi:10.1134/S0031030112050139. ISSN   0031-0301. S2CID   86178199.


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