Brookvalia

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Brookvalia
Temporal range: Middle Triassic [1]
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Brookvalia gracilis.jpg
Specimen of B. gracilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Redfieldiiformes
Family: Brookvaliidae
Genus: Brookvalia
Wade, 1933
Synonyms
  • BeaconiaWade, 1935
  • DictyopleurichthysWade, 1935

Brookvalia is an extinct genus of prehistoric freshwater ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Triassic epoch (Anisian stage). [2] [1]

It contains four species, all known from the Hawkesbury Sandstone near Brookvale, New South Wales, Australia. [3] [4]

It was a member of the redfieldiiforms, a group of presumed basal neopterygians that were widespread during the Triassic. [5] [6]

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