Biology:Sinanas
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | †Sinanas |
| Species: | †S. diatomas
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| Binomial name | |
| †Sinanas diatomas Yeh, 1980
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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
- ↑ Kear, Janet (2005). Ducks, Geese and Swans: Species accounts (Cairina to Mergus). 2. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. p. 449. ISBN 0-19-861009-2. https://books.google.com/books?id=D2K-9k-_EFcC&pg=PA449.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Farner, Donald S.; King, James R.; Parkes, Kenneth C., eds (1985). Avian Biology. VIII. Orlando, FL, US: Academic Press. p. 187. ISBN 0-12-249408-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=HUyB1DrSsU0C&pg=PA187.
- ↑ 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. ISSN 0031-0301. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250003094_A_New_Duck_from_the_Middle_Miocene_of_Mongolia_with_Comments_on_Miocene_Evolution_of_Ducks.
External links
- Sinanas at fossilworks
Wikidata ☰ Q25096433 entry
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