Sinanas Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
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 |
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 ProvinceofChina.[2] Taxonomists are uncertain as to its affinities to modern waterfowl.[2][3]
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