Sinamia
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Clade: | Halecomorphi |
| Order: | Amiiformes |
| Family: | Amiidae |
| Subfamily: | †Sinamiinae |
| Genus: | †Sinamia Stensiö, 1935 |
Sinamia is an extinct genus of freshwater amiiform fish which existed in China, Japan, South Korea[1] and North Korea[2] during the Early Cretaceous period.[3] Like the related bowfin, it has an elongated low-running dorsal fin, though this was likely convergently evolved.[4]
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