Sinanas

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]

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