New species of Sinamia discovered

Tuesday, November 6, 2012 - 08:32 in Biology & Nature

According to a paper published in the latest issue of Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2012 (4), Dr. ZHANG Jiangyong, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP), Chinese Academy of Sciences, described a new species of sinamiid fish, Sinamia liaoningensis, from the Barremian-Aptian Yixian and Jiufotang formations of western Liaoning, China. This finding helps better understand the evolution and biogeographic distribution of sinamiid fish.

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