Sinanas

Sinanas; Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
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.²³

References

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.
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.
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.

External links

Sinanas at fossilworks

[Kear-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.

[Farner-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.

[Zelenkov-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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